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The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games at the Los Angeles Coliseum, July 30, 1932
What a spectacular moment it must have been when the photographer caught this image during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games at the Los Angeles Coliseum on July 30, 1932. At the time, the country was in the grips … Continue reading
“From Mt. Wilson, 19 miles away, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum shines in its aureole of searchlights like a fallen meteor amid constellation of city lights”
The caption on this photo (which I assume is a postcard) reads: “From Mt. Wilson, 19 miles away, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum shines in its aureole of searchlights like a fallen meteor amid constellation of city lights.” I have no … Continue reading
Aerial view of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during the Summer Games of the 10th Olympiad, August 7, 1932
Opening in 1923, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum was also the home of the Summer Games of the 10th Olympiad, which took place between July 30 and August 14, 1932. This soaring bird’s-eye view was taken on August 7, when … Continue reading
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A captured Japanese midget submarine paraded around the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during a USC v. UCLA football game, Los Angeles, December 12, 1942
On December 12, 1942, the football teams for Los Angeles’s two major colleges—USC and UCLA—faced off for a game at the Coliseum, south of downtown. Before the game, a captured Japanese midget submarine was paraded around the grounds to what … Continue reading
Aerial photograph of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum under construction, south of downtown Los Angeles, circa 1922
Commissioned in 1921 as a memorial to L.A. veterans of World War I, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum quickly became one of those city landmarks that it would be hard to imagine L.A. without. Construction broke ground on December 21, … Continue reading