Item 949: Start of the 220-yard dash, 1920

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A949. August 1920. Image depicts male runners at the start of the 220-yard dash, most likely as part of a "Field Day" organized by the Draper Corporation for Draper Corporation employees. Eight men burst forth from the starting line in the foreground. An official of some sort stands behind them in the white shirt with a ribbon on his shirt; the man in the striped shirt on the right is also probably an official. Spectators, mostly men, line the side of the course. See also, Item 950, in this folder. 25 x 20.25 cm.