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Coliseum Olympics track meet

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Order Number	00057855
Title	Coliseum Olympics track meet
Photographer	Quillen, Harry.
Collection ID	Harry Quillen Collection Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession	A-010-818 4x5; Sports-Olympic Games-1932-Track and field.
Date	1932
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	Final results in the women's 100-meter dash at the 1932 Olympics are posted at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, with winners from Poland, Canada, and the United States. Stella Walsh of Poland made a new world record for women by running in 11 minutes and 9 seconds. Canadian Hilder Strike and American Wilhelmina Von Bremen were second and third. 80,000 persons faced the victory flags while the different national anthems were played. The torch on top of the peristyle burned night and day throughout the games.
Subject	Walsh, Stella. Strike, Hildre. Bremen, Wilhelmina Von. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.). Track and field--California--Los Angeles. Olympics. Women--California--Los Angeles.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection