Palmer and Waldrop (U.S.S. New York) and Spies (U.S.S. California) run the 220-yard race during the Pacific Fleet's track championship meet, Long Beach, 1922
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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The Long Beach High School track stretches across the foreground and back to the left. In the mid-ground at left, Palmer (rightmost) and his teammate Waldrop of the U.S.S. New York lead in the 220-yard race. Behind and to the left of them, Spies(?) (U.S.S. California) goalposts his arms as he runs. The rest of the field trails behind them at left. A few spectators at right view the race from behind a wire fence that lines the outside of the track. Empty bleachers at right rise behind them. This photograph appears with the article, "CALIFORNIA'S ATHLETES CAPTURE THE FLEET TRACK AND FIELD TITLE: FLEET AIR FORCE IS SECOND IN CLOSE MEET; Native Sons Roll Up 38 Points as Aviators Are Collecting 36; Mississippi is Third Sea Dogs in Violent Action," Los Angeles Times, 13 May 1922: III1 Handwritten on note (see Item Ark: 21198/zz002cpjdj) in negative sleeve: Fleet tract [sic] me[...] Long Beach May 12 1922 Text from negative sleeve: TRACK, NAVY MEET AT LONG BEACH, 1922 Text from newspaper caption, Exciting Moments in the Pacific Fleet Cinder Championships Sailor Flynn, shown above, collected a flock of points yesterday afternoon at Long Beach High for the Pacific Fleet Air Force in the broad jump. Palmer and Waldrop, both of the U.S.S. New York, are observed in the lower picture helping each other bust the tape at the finish of the 220. Spies[?] of the U.S.S. California is seen bounding in a close third. [Los Angeles Times, 13 May 1922: III1]
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_3849 ark:/21198/zz002cpj3w
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Running races--California--Long Beach Military personnel--American--California--Long Beach Runners (Sports)--California--Long Beach Track athletics--California--Long Beach United States. Navy. Pacific Fleet
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