Box 24

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Negative no.A361. High Kick, Field Day, Hopedale, Massachusetts Gelatin silver print, [1974], from a glass plate negative, August 18, 1906. Image depicts a man in mid-air kicking right leg upward to hit an object hanging from a wooden frame. Officials and spectators look on. See Negative 374, in this box, for an almost identical view. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 3, Folder 2, Item 361 for print of this negative.

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Negative no.A362. August 18, 1906. Image depicts a man attempting to jump over a pole (about 4.5 feet high) that spans two side supports. Officials stand by observing his jump. Spectators line both sides of the field. See Box 23, Negative 357, and Negative 378 and Negative 379, in this folder, for other views of the high jump. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 3, Folder 2, Item 362 for print of this negative.

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Negative no.A363. August 18, 1906. Image depicts a man participating in the pole vault. Having first propelled himself into the air with the use of a pole, he is pictured just clearing a horizontal bar held up by two supports. Officials stand by observing his vault. Spectators line both sides of the field; a tent is visible in the right background. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 3, Folder 2, Item 363 for print of this negative.

Scope and Contents Negative no.A364. August 18, 1906. Image depicts three girls, each carrying a potato (possibly on a spoon?) and racing to their container (in the foreground) to place their potato without dropping it. Officials stand by observing the race. Spectators line both sides of the field; a number of girls in the background are probably about to participate, or already have participated, in the race. This event was most likely organized by the Draper Company and may have consisted entirely of Draper...

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Negative no.A365. August 18, 1906. Image depicts the bath house and residential buildings on the opposite shore of Hopedale Pond. It is unclear if anything organized is ongoing, but several groups of people are enjoying rowing boats and canoes on the water, along with one man in an inner tube. Note the two women in the boat in the foreground, one holding a parasol. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 3, Folder 2, Item 365 for print of this negative.

Scope and Contents Negative no.A366. August 18, 1906. Image depicts the bath house and residential buildings viewed from the opposite shore of Hopedale Pond. In the background, in front of the bath house, men in two canoes are pulling on each end of a rope, attempting to gain control in a tug-of-war. Several groups of people are watching from rowboats and canoes nearby. Note the boat in the left background, which seems to consist entirely of women. Spectators can also be seen in front of the bath house and on...

Scope and Contents Negative no.A367. August 18, 1906. Image depicts the bath house and residential buildings viewed from the opposite shore of Hopedale Pond. In the background, in front of the bath house, men in two canoes are pulling on each end of a rope, attempting to gain control in a tug-of-war. Several groups of people are watching from rowboats and a canoe nearby. Spectators can also be seen in front of the bath house and on the shore on either side of the bath house. See also Negative 366 and Negative...

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Negative no.A368. August 18, 1906. Image depicts the bath house and residential buildings viewed from the opposite shore of Hopedale Pond. Several groups of people are rowing canoes and rowboats on the water while some are relaxing on the shore by the bath house. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 3, Folder 2, Item 368 for print of this negative.

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Negative no.A369. August 18, 1906. Image depicts the bath house and residential buildings viewed from the opposite shore of Hopedale Pond. Men in two canoes are pulling on each end of a rope, attempting to gain control. Several groups of people are watching from rowboats and canoes nearby. See also Negative 366 and Negative 367, in this box, for nearly identical shots. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 3, Folder 2, Item 369 for print of this negative.

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Negative no.A370. August 18, 1906. Image depicts the bath house and residential buildings viewed from the opposite shore of Hopedale Pond. Two men in a canoe are visible, possibly the winners of the canoe race? Several groups of people are watching from the shore and rowboats nearby. 5 x 7 in. See Collection 6612 P, Box 3, Folder 2, Item 370 for print of this negative.