Hammer Throw I (c. 1900)

Item Information

Title:
Hammer Throw I (c. 1900)
Description:
This lantern slide, “Hammer Throw I (c. 1900),” shows either a student or an instructor at the International YMCA Training School (now known as Springfield College) demonstrating a hammer throw. A small group of people are standing just in frame on the right side of the image.
Date:
[1900?]
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
Lantern Slide Collection
Subjects:
International Young Men's Christian Association Training School (Springfield, Mass.)
Springfield College
Springfield College--Track and field
Springfield College--Track and field--Men
Springfield College--Sports
Springfield College--Sports--Men
Lantern slides
Track athletics
Hammers
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Extent:
3x4 in
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/3301
Terms of Use:
Text and images are owned, held, or licensed by Springfield College and are available for personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that ownership is properly cited. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of Springfield College, Babson Library, Archives and Special Collections. Any commercial use without written permission from Springfield College is strictly prohibited. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, Springfield College may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The publishing, exhibiting, or broadcasting party assumes all responsibility for clearing reproduction rights and for any infringement of United States copyright law.
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Notes:
The hammer throw is one of four throwing events in regular track and field competitions. Dating back to the 15th century, it is one of the oldest competitions in the Olympic Games. Although commonly thought of as a strength event, technical advancements in the last thirty years have turned the focus to speed, in order to achieve maximum distance. Track and Field contains a series of athletic competitions based on running, jumping, and throwing. The name comes from the venue: a stadium with an oval running track around a grass field. The first recorded examples of organized track and field events at a sports festival are the Ancient Olympic Games in 776 BC. The stone put and weight throw competitions popular among Celtic societies in Ireland and Scotland were precursors to the modern shot put and hammer throw events. One of the last track and field events to develop was the pole vault, which stemmed from 18th century competitions in the Northern European Lowlands. Discrete modern track and field competitions, separate from general sporting festivals, were first recorded in the 19th century.
Minor foxing.
Identifier:
LS_09_73