race

C.1949

Paper glued to back of mounting reads: "135mm 1/1000 sec. at 6.3, DuPont Superior, Dr. Wolff, no filter, rapid winder, Agfa Projection Proof in D-72, Caption "Miss Hobbs Motor Boat Races on Lake...

C.1940

Six day bicyle race at Oakland Auditorium

4-Jul-49

taped to the back of the mount is the entry form for "News Pictures of the Year" jointly sponsored by Encylopedia Britanica Book of the Year, and University of Missouri School of Journalism" The...

1917

Envelope reads "Idora park, 1917." Negative shows a group of women in their starting positions on the side of the swimming pool about to jump in for a race. A large crowd of people gathered...

1917

Envelope reads "Idora park, 1917." Negative shows two women racing in the swimming pool. Only their swim cap clad heads are sticking out of the water.

c. 1912

Envelope reads, "Tech Hi Athletic Meet." Negative shows a group of boys just leaving the starting line in a race. A crowd is gathered in the background watching the race. School buildings in...

c. 1912

Envelope reads, "Tech Hi Athletic Meet." Negative shows boys competing in an obstical course race. In this shot they are crawling under sawhorses which were placed on top of a mat. A crowd of...

c. 1912

Envelope reads, "Tech Hi Athletics." Negative shows a group of boys on a field having a race in potato sacks. A crowd of students is watching the race.

11-Apr-14

Envelope reads, "Cal-Washington crew. The start of the varsity race with California in the foreground. 4-11-14." Negative shows three boats lined up, a smaller boat is at the front of each boat...

8-Feb-14

Envelope reads, "Fremont High girls rowing. Left to right--Ellen Deruchie, Aida Stabgland, Pearl Jones, Doris Lovell, Eca Russell and Janes [sic] Russell. Vivacious sailor maids from Fremont...

8-Feb-14

Envelope reads, "Fremont High girls rowing, Left to right--Ellen Deruchie, Aida Stabgland, Pearl Jones, Doris Lovell, Eca Russell and Janes [sic] Russell. Vivacious sailor maids from Fremont...

22-Feb-14

Envelope reads, "U.C. co-ed rowing club. Miss Edith Small, coxswain; Miss Marguerite Carlton, stroke; and Miss Signa Holm, bow. Winners of U.C. Women's boat race yesterday on Lake Merritt. 2-22...

8-Jul-87

Clipping on the back reads, "READY FOR DOUBLE TEN--Oakland Mayor Lionel Wilson, front right, and Vice Mayor Marge Gibson, front left, celebrate organizationn of the Oakland Double Ten Classic, a...

1922

Clipping on back reads, "May 22, 1949-Here we have the start of the 10th annual Tribune marathon about the shores of Lake Merritt in 1922. There were 177 starters that year, and 146 of them...

1936

Tribune caption on the back, Arpil 26, 1936: "Archie Williams (upper), California quarter mile and sprint star, is shown at the finish of one of the fastest quarters ever run in a Big Meet,...

26-Jul-27

The typewritten notation attached to the back of the photo reads "SAN FRANCISCO AIR PORT NEARING COMPLETION FOR HONOLULU RACE San Francisco's Municipal Air port is nearing completion for the...

Jul-84

Typed at the bottom: "Olympics- Moses/Litsky- NYT Pictures/ Keith Meyers, Undated: For 8 years the world-record holder, with no on else close, Edwin Moses puts a 102-race streak in the 400-meter...

26-Jan-33

Typed on the back, "Thomas Meagher and Geo. Wallace." Photo shows the two men, who are speed skaters, in their skating uniforms, skating side by side. They both have medals pinned to their...

n.d.

"In 1977 a mixed couple moved in right next door to us. Mixed couple, that term is almost making me laugh right now, that was the term back then - now it's inter-racial. // The community's...

n.d.

"My background, well, German, English and Cherokee Indian. My parents were both half Cherokee. // I was in Los Angeles during the Watts riot, that was a mess. I had black friends down there...

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