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[Women competing in low hurdle race, Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Wall Art

[Women competing in low hurdle race, Washington, D.C.], [between 1920 and 1930] — historic photograph
[Women competing in low hurdle race, Washington, D.C.], [between 1920 and 1930]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures [Women competing in low hurdle race, Washington, D.C.] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Women running a low hurdle race in Washington, D.C., is the subject here, a scene that would have been unusual for the period when many organized sports were still considered a men's domain. The print comes from the National Photo Company Collection, a Washington news photography firm whose work documents the city in the 1920s. Women's track and field was gaining public attention during these years, and the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics were the first to include women's athletics events. The album label, "Girls athletics," suggests the photographers saw the race as part of a broader story about women's growing participation in sport.

Created / published[between 1920 and 1930]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1930.
SubjectsTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Sports, Misc. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). French Album no. 521 (Girls athletics). Caption card tracings: Washington, D.C. -- Misc.; Sports -- Track; Women in sports; Women -- Athletics; Geogr.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,207 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-139815

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