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Marathon Men: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 10/12/2009 - 11:11pm.
Orange, Virginia, circa 1910. "Woodberry Forest track team." The prep school's 20-foot running machine. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
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High-waisted
Submitted by CCP on Tue, 12/08/2009 - 6:54pm.
Quite a style for the time; those shorts couldn't possibly be worn any higher!
Go four the distance
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 10/13/2009 - 1:18pm.
Only four appear to be distance runners (no spikes). Looking at their expressions, along with one of them wearing a knee brace and another having taped ankles, they all appear extremely serious and hard-core.
Mr. Athlete
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 10/13/2009 - 8:11am.
I remembered seeing third from the right a couple of months ago in this photo of Woodberry Forest gymnasts. Turns out it was in fact, the same guy.
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