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The X Olympiad, 1932 - A glimpse behind the scenes.














Opening ceremony which was held in Olympic Stadium, with 105,000 persons in attendance













Olympic Swimming Venue




Olympic Village Admin Buildings. Also the entrance.












Das Village

















Pleasant Dreams




Olympic Village Mess Halls






and After







Call letters of the short wave sending and receiving station which is located at Olympic Village. Messages are sent free of charge to all foreign countries for the athletes housed at the Village.







Printed plan of the Olympic Village in Los Angeles with each of the houses numbered and the public toilets and bath houses labeled.

The water supply system is next. The pump house can be seen in the foreground with four 11,000 gal. tanks. Two 6" centrifical pumps were used to maintain a constant pressure of 40 lbs. on the lines. This water was lifted by a 6" centrifical pump on a 75 h.p. motor which was located at a distance of 32,000' from these tanks and 137' below this elevation

Olympic Village parking

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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Since you're interested in refuse, ever wonder what became of the '32 Olympic Village waste?

A view of the waste disposal system employed at the Olympic Village in Los Angeles. There is a heap of burning garbage on the left, piles of cans and bins in the center, and wooden barrels and crates on the right.

Olympic debris 1932




OLympic dismantle

A view of the beginning of the deconstructing of the Olympic Village in Los Angeles. A group of men are working around a truck which has been loaded with the still-assembled walls of one of the buildings. There are long rows of houses still awaiting disassembly in the right and in the background."]A view of the beginning of the deconstructing of the Olympic Village in Los Angeles. A group of men are working around a truck which has been loaded with the still-assembled walls of one of the buildings. There are long rows of houses still awaiting disassembly in the right and in the background.

All from http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/compou...id/8991/rec/63