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Description
Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." View 1 (2012-0018). Shows bunting wrapped platform, grandstand and spectators in background, two men -- view 2 (2012-0019). Platform, two African-American performers, band and spectators in background -- view 3 (2012-0020). Platform, performers, sign reads "Poetry of Motion, Smith & Griffith", band. Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Francisco. Prison inmates held a field and track day. 1933 was 20th and consisted of some 29 atheletic events, stunts, chorus girls and vaudeville acts performed by prisoners. Was sponsored by Frank G. O'Kane of the Olympic Club. Some 5000 inmates attended.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
3 photographic prints ; 3 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.
Identifier
(C)001455448CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
California State Prison at San Quentin--Photographs African American prisoners--California--San Quentin--Photographs Prisons--California--San Quentin Prisoners--California--San Quentin Track athletics--California--San Quentin Cross dressing--California--San Quentin Vaudeville shows--California--San Quentin Bands--California--San Quentin San Quentin (Calif.)--Photographs Photographic prints
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