1910 Track and Field Meet postcards

[steve B]

Maybe. I think the key would be the handwritten panel on the middle one. If the UI ones have any with that sort of panel it would seem likely.

I believe Murphy is this guy.
http://www.sports-reference.com/olym...-murphy-3.html

Interestingly there's an ad for postcards of collegiate week on the last page of this paper. AND an ad for a souvenir mirror showing the baseball team.
http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi...L19100520.2.4#

Steve B

[Michael B]

I wanted to wait until I could pull a few photos out of my archives, but just got back from The National and have not unpacked. I believe MAA is Michigan Athletic Association. This was the name used by the athletes at the University of Michigan in the early part of the 20th Century.

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by steve B

Maybe. I think the key would be the handwritten panel on the middle one. If the UI ones have any with that sort of panel it would seem likely.

I believe Murphy is this guy.
http://www.sports-reference.com/olym...-murphy-3.html

Interestingly there's an ad for postcards of collegiate week on the last page of this paper. AND an ad for a souvenir mirror showing the baseball team.
http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi...L19100520.2.4#

Steve B

Steve, thanks for your help! I kept reading it as "Murphy Conference" and not "Murphy, Conference 1910". I have to bet you've identified the pole vaulter, because it jives with the rest of the story. Thanks for the help!

And to the ad in the newspaper, how about that! One hour service 100 years ago for getting film printed. Amazing!