Broad jumper competes during the Pacific Fleet's championship track meet, Long Beach, 1922

Item Overview

Title

Broad jumper competes during the Pacific Fleet's championship track meet, Long Beach, 1922

Date Created

[circa May 12, 1922]

Date

1922-05-12

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Handwritten on note (see Item Ark: 21198/zz002cpjdj) in negative sleeve: Fleet tract [sic] me[...] Long Beach May 12 1922
A very similar photograph of an athlete participating in the broad jump at the same meet is captioned, "Exciting Moments in the Pacific Fleet Cinder Championships Sailor Flynn, shown above, collected a flock of points yesterday afternoon at Long Beach High for the Pacific Fleet Air Force in the broad jump. Palmer and Waldrop, both of the U.S.S. New York, are observed in the lower picture helping each other bust the tape at the finish of the 220. Spies[?] of the U.S.S. California is seen bounding in a close third," Los Angeles Times, 13 May 1922: III1
An athlete participates in the Pacific Fleet track meet and is captured mid-jump during the broad jump competition. The landing pit extends across the foreground and back to the right. At center, a jumper hovers in mid-air, facing slightly left. He jumps with his knees pulled close to his chest and with both of his arms flayed to his sides. Along the left edge of the pit, two meet officials hold a measuring tape. Several other athletes stand behind them and watch the jumper.
A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "CALIFORNIA'S ATHLETES CAPTURE THE FLEET TRACK AND FIELD TITLE: FLEET AIR FORCE IS SECOND IN CLOSE MEET; Native Sons Roll Up 38 Points as Aviators Are Collecting 36; Mississippi is Third Sea Dogs in Violent Action," Los Angeles Times, 13 May 1922: III1

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: TRACK, NAVY MEET AT LONG BEACH, 1922

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

United States. Navy. Pacific Fleet

Location

Long Beach (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Jumping--California--Long Beach
Track athletics--California--Long Beach
Track and field athletes--California--Long Beach
Military personnel--American--California--Long Beach