Box 3

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A373. August 18, 1906. Image depicts a man teetering on a greased pole extending over the water, hoping to avoid slipping and falling into the water. Spectators are on the shore and in canoes nearby. In the background is a view of residential buildings on the opposite shore. See also Item 371 and Item 372, in this folder. 25 x 20.5 cm.

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A374. 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 Item 361, in this folder, for an almost identical view. 25 x 20.5 cm.

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A375. August 18, 1906. Image depicts four 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...

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A376. August 18, 1906. Image depicts men climbing under a rope hanging just above the ground then running on to the next obstacle. Officials and spectators are looking on. See also Item 358, Item 360, and Item 377, in this folder. 25 x 20.5 cm.

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A377. August 18, 1906. Image depicts men climbing through barrels that are open on both ends and hanging a few feet above the ground. Officials and spectators are looking on. See also Item 358, Item 360, and Item 376, in this folder. 25 x 20.5 cm.

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A378. August 18, 1906. Image depicts a man attempting to jump over a horizontal pole about four feet off the ground supported by two side poles. Officials and spectators are looking on. See Item 357, Item 362 and Item 379, in this folder, for other views of the high jump. 25 x 20.5 cm.

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A379. August 18, 1906. Image depicts a man attempting to jump over a horizontal pole about four feet off the ground supported by two side poles. On the back of his shirt is the number 15. Officials and spectators are looking on. See Item 357, Item 362 and Item 378, in this folder, for other views of the high jump. 25 x 20.5 cm.

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Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A380. August 18, 1906. Image depicts men in full-length cloth sacks hopping toward the finish line. Officials and spectators are looking on. 25 x 20.5 cm.

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A381. September 6, 1906. Image depicts a man with a group of young boys dressed in bathing suits and sitting along the water's edge in front of the bath house on Hopedale Pond. A flag is flying from a flagpole behind the bath house. A wooden raft can be seen in the foreground. Most likely the people in this photo are connected to the Draper Company in some way. The bath house may also belong to Draper. See also Item 318, Item 320, Item 382, Item...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A382. Boys at Bath House, Hopedale, Massachusetts Gelatin silver print, [1974], from a glass plate negative, September 6, 1906. Image depicts a man with a group of young boys dressed in bathing suits and sitting along the water's edge in front of the bath house on Hopedale Pond. A flag is flying from a flagpole behind the bath house. A wooden raft can be seen in the foreground. Most likely the people in this photo are connected to the Draper...