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Title: Pole Rush, Pomona College
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1907
Publication Information: Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Claremont Colleges Photo Archive
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the Honnold/Mudd Library Special Collections at https://library.claremont.edu/scl/
Description: A group of male Pomona College students brawl in a field around a tall wooden pole in the center. A large group of spectators stand around the edges. [The Pole Rush was an annual tradition at Pomona College until 1926. The goal of the competition was to be the first to scale the pole.]
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: xp02196.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ccp/id/8608
Subject: Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.)
Student activities
College students
School contests
Wood poles
Pole Rush - Pomona College
Source: Lantern slide, 4 x 3.25 inches, colorized: title on slide, "'11 Fresh. war"; Pomona College Lantern Slides, Honnold/Mudd Library, Special Collections
Relation: Claremont Colleges Photo Archive - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/ccp

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