James M. Gammon, George Glick, Dr. Joseph Kinkade, Dr. Russell Decker, Phillip W. Allen, Dr. W.B. LaForce, John McDonald Pfiffner, Eddie Rich, and Stanley Miller play some horseshoes at Griffith Park, Los Angeles, 1935
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Gammon leans forward with a horseshoe in each hand, while the rest of the alumni stand in a row watching him throw. Together with their families and former classmates the Iowa alumni enjoyed basket dinners, storytelling, college songs and school cheers. Photograph appears with the article, "Iowa Classmates Recall Campus Day At Reunion," Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep 1935: 8. Text from negative sleeve: 2300 - James M. Gammon Geo. A Glick Dr Joseph Kinkade Dr Russell Decker Phillip W. Allen Dr W.B. La Force J M. Pfiffner Eddie Rich Stanley Miller 9-21-35 Iowa U Alumni Picnic [stamped:] Sep 26 1935 Handwritten on negative: L2R Dr Joseph Kinkade x Dr Russell Decker Phillip W. Allen x Dr W. B. La Force x J M Pfiffner x Eddie Rich Stanley Miller Geo A. Glick x James M Gammon, pitcher 9/21/35 Text from newspaper caption: When members of the Iowa Alumni Association, composed of former students of the University of Iowa, gathered at Griffith Park yesterday for a reunion, they engaged in the ancient sport of horse-shoe pitching, James M. Gammon, president of the association, is shown as he tried his luck. Others in the photo, left to right, are Dr. Joseph Kinkade, Inglewood: Dr. Russell Decker, Pasadena: Philip W. Allen, Los Angeles: Dr. W. B. LaForce, Pasadena; J. M. Pfiffner, Eddie Rich, Stanley Miller and George C. Glick, all of Los Angeles.
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_8727 ark:/21198/zz002dgnsd
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Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Horseshoe pitching--California--Los Angeles Picnics--California--Los Angeles LaForce, W.B., (Dr.) Pfiffner, John McDonald, 1893- Gammon, James M., 1887-1972 University of Iowa. Alumni Association Miller, Stanley Decker, Russell, (Dr.) 1904-1984 Glick, George C Kinkade, Joseph, (Dr.) Allen, Phillip W Rich, Eddie
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