Photos: Memorabilia from the Olympic Auditorium

Olympic Auditorium in 1925.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

A fight promo card.

Images from the T-Birds (roller derby) magazine. The team played at the Olympic Auditorium.

Pictured is wrestler Freddie Blassie with the American Title Belt.

Boxing promoter Aileen Eaton was instumental in the success of the sport at the Olympic Auditorium.

Two wrestling programs, and a center photo of boxer Mando Ramos.

Books on punk rock’s rise, famous wrestlers and even the jazz scene touch on the importance of the Olympic Auditorium.