Olympic Games (1932) Collection, 1932-1984

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Summary

Title:
Olympic Games (1932) Collection
Dates:
1932-1984
Creators:
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Abstract:
Extent:
1.5 linear feet (Boxes: letter, flat, 4 ov, 1 ov in SCRR)
Language:
Preferred citation:

Olympic Games (1932) Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Background

Scope and content:

Copy photographs of 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, from the Museum's 1984 exhibit which was part of the 1984 Olympic Arts Festival. Also photographs of a 1932 auto salon, housed in SCRR

Biographical / historical:

The city of Los Angeles first hosted the 1932 Summer Games for the Xth Olympiad. NHM (then called the Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science and Art) provided the venue for the Olympic Art Exhibition or International Art Exhibition under the auspices of the American Federation of Arts. In 1984 for the XXIIIth Olympiad in Los Angeles, like in 1932, an Olympic Arts Festival was held concurrent to the Games. NHM’s participated in the Olympic Arts Festival through a three-prong exhibition covering a revisit of the 1932 Games, the Great Depression and cars of 1932. The three exhibits were the Xth Olympiad (Los Angeles, 1932); the Automobile in ’32; and U.S.A. – 1932. (For more information, see TERRA, the Members’ Magazine of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries, vol. 22, no. 5, May/June 1984). The following year NHM held the 1984 Olympics Retrospective Exhibit. It ran from August 15 through November 17, 1985 and extended to January 6, 1986. (For more information, see TERRA, the Members’ Magazine of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries, vol. 23, no. 6, July/August 1985).

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid created by Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County staff.
Date Prepared:
1932-1984
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Research is by appointment only

Terms of access:

Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder

Preferred citation:

Olympic Games (1932) Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Location of this collection:
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007-4057, US
Contact:
(213) 763-3359
seavercenter@nhm.org
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