US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Katherine's feet are slightly blurry as her legs are bent on opposite sides of the bar as she is shown mid-jump. *No stamped date is given, date from the newspaper article is used. Katherine lost the wager of a box of chocolate-coated marshmallows by not equaling her own world record in the jump. Photograph appears with the article, "Shiny Nose Costs Record." Los Angeles Times, 28 May 1921: II1. Handwritten on negative: 8 8 Text from newspaper caption: Violet Ball Wins Hurdle Race (below) and Katherine Burroughs, High Jumper. Miss Ball, who is shown on the left, negotiated the 60 yards over timber obstructions in 9^238 Zoe Emerson, at Miss Ball's left, was second, and Fanny Burt, on the right, was third. Miss Burroughs set a mark of 4ft. 7in. in the high jump, which is somewhat below her own record. Text from negative sleeve: Track - UCLA women meet
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_3911 ark:/21198/zz002cpm7x
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Jumping--California--Los Angeles Track athletics--California--Los Angeles Burroughs, Katherine
If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.
Share your story
Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.
