Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a ski jumper soaring above a crowd of spectators at Banff by R.J. Verne, 1920. At center we see the jumper, clad in dark colored clothing with his arms spread in a "V" as he leaps into the air. Below, a thick crowd gathers in a grand stand to the right of the scene and overflows onto the snow-covered ground, watching the jump. To the right, more spectators gather on the roof of a two-story cabin and beneath its eaves. Behind the crowded area we can see a sprinkling of people walking about in the snow. Further down is a line of trees, utility poles and a crowded thoroughfare. In the distance, the ground is covered in a thick blanket of snow and dotted with trees.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photoprints, b&w 15 x 8 cm., 22 x 17 cm. photographic prints photographs
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