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1903 University of Chicago Interscholastic Meet

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On June 6, 1903, William S. Hodgdon, a track athlete at Grinnell High School, won the 440 yard dash at the University of Chicago Interscholastic Meet held at Marshall Field in Chicago. Hodgdon set a record with his time of 54.8 seconds. Hodgdon can clearly be seen in white with the Grinnell iron cross on the chest of his shirt in the end of race picture. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Title Start of Race
Related Item Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives
Identifier (local) grinnell:27744
Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/27744
Title 1903 University of Chicago Interscholastic Meet
Index Date 1903
Date Issued June 6, 1903
Publisher Poweshiek History Preservation Project
Provenance Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives
Provenance Susan K. Hathcock
Topic Track and field athletes
Topic Grinnell High School (Grinnell, Iowa)
Topic Hodgdon, William S., 1884-1965
Topic Track and field -- Records
Geographic Grinnell (Iowa)
Keyword Grinnell
Keyword Sports & Recreation
Keyword 1900s
Related Item Poweshiek History Preservation Project
Related Item Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Genre photograph
Extent 2 photographs, black and white
Media Type image/tiff
Digital Origin digitized other analog
Language English
Identifier (local) grinnell:27274
Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/27274
Access Condition Copyright to this work is held by the author(s), in accordance with United States copyright law (USC 17). Readers of this work have certain rights as defined by the law, including but not limited to fair use (17 USC 107 et seq.).
Type of Resource still image
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