Owens, Jesse: 1936
Identifier |
owens022a |
Title |
Owens, Jesse: 1936 |
Name |
Owens, Jesse (1913-1980) |
Additional Names |
Metcalfe, Ralph |
Profession |
Athletics |
Subject |
African Americans Track athletics Track And Field Sports Athletes A.A.U. Track and Field Meet Owens, Jesse Metcalfe, Ralph |
Description |
"Owens takes 100 meters at Princeton: Ralph Metcalfe, Milwaukee (left), who finished second, congratulating Jesse Owens, Ohio State flash, after the latter had won the 100-meter dash at the AAU track and field meet in Princeton, N.J., July 4 [1936]. Owens's winning time of 10.4 seconds tied the meet record held jointly by Eddie Tolan, Detroit, 1932, and Metcalfe, 1934." --photo verso. |
Accomplishments |
Track star. Won four gold medals at Berlin Olympics, 1936. |
Citation |
Davis - Black Americans in Cleveland. |
Creator |
ACME Newspictures, Inc. |
Location Depicted |
Princeton, New Jersey |
Time Period |
Post-Industrial: 1930-1959 |
Date Original |
1936 |
Object Type |
black-and-white photographs |
Size of Original |
6x8 in. |
Digital Collection |
Notable Blacks of Cleveland |
Collection Homepage |
http://www.clevelandmemory.org/notableblacks/ |
Donor |
Joseph E. Cole |
Copyright |
http://www.clevelandmemory.org/copyright/ |
Format |
Jpeg |
Digital Processing Notes |
TIF File Size: 280 k - DPI: 300 |
Repository |
Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections. |
Repository Collection |
Cleveland Press Notable Blacks of Cleveland |
Repository Homepage |
http://library.csuohio.edu/speccoll/index.html |
Encyclopedia of Cleveland History Entry |
http://ech.cwru.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=OJ1 |
Further Reading |
http://scholar.csuohio.edu/search/d?SEARCH=owens%2C+jesse |
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