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Title
People participating in the 1986 y-Walk
Contributor
Brock, Trish (photographer) (Creator)
Contributing Institution
San José State University, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
YWCA of Silicon Valley Collection
Rights Information
Copyright is assigned to the San José State University Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from this collection must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Special Collections & Archives. Copyright restrictions may apply to digital reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes. For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact San Jose State University Special Collections & Archives department. http://library.sjsu.edu/sjsu-special-collections/sjsu-special-collections-and-archives
Description
Negative shows a group of participants in the 1986 y-walk who are either walking across or are about to walk across a street at Almaden Boulevard and West Santa Clara Street. in downtown San Jose. Some of them are carrying balloons and are wearing tee shirts that read: "Walk for women. YWCA 1986." The street sign at the cross walk where the participants are reads: " Almaden Bl." There are vehicles parked across the street and buildings in the background.
On envelope "1986 Y-Walk." On large envelope holding smaller envelope used to hold the negatives: "Name: Brock, Trish. Date: 12/2-. Phone: 295-4011. "Executive Director Faith Rein (the top job had been renamed again) and President Sarah Janigian launched two annual events that heaped public attention on the association: the Y-Walk downtown in 1984, in which volunteers enlisted sponsors to raise money for YWCA programs; and TWIN, Tribute to Women and Industry, in 1985." From Fran Smith, "Breaking Ground: The Daring Women of the YWCA in the Santa Clara Valley, 1905-2005, " (2005), p.87
1986
Scanned with Epson Perfection V700 photo; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3
Type
Image
Format
image/jpeg
1 x 1.5 in.
Identifier
islandora:82_752
filename: ywca_1980_negs_040
islandora: 82_752
Language
English
Subject
Young Women's Christian Association
Balloons (Novelties)
Fund raising
Men
Signs (Notices)
T-shirts
Vehicles
Walking
Women
Place
San Jose
California
Relation
YWCA of Silicon Valley Collection

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