Girl Athletes & Women Record Breakers: A Curated Photographic Collection, 1900-1940

[SPORTS], [WOMEN IN]

Archive

[WOMEN IN SPORTS] Curated photographic collection of 18 rare vintage photos celebrating girls and women in sports. Some are identified with names and locations. Locations include New Jersey, Canada, New York, California, Massachusettes. Dated approximately 1900-1940. Various sizes; mostly between 8.5" x 11" and 6.5x 8.5", with four smaller photos at 2.25" x 3.5". Black and white silver gelatin photographs. Many pieces show uniformed team photos and action shots, documenting girls' increasingly rigorous participation in active sports in the first half of the 20th century. Sports include winter skiing, ice skating, fencing, equestrian and polo, bowling, swimming, track and field, rugby. Many of the photos have extended captions on the verso. For example, one photo features several Canadian swimmers in uniform in 1930 with the caption: "Swimming champions add to picturesque country at Lake Louise, Canada. They are (left to right): Agnes Geraghty, Olympic swimmer; Catherine Ames, Like Lindstrom, Metropolitan Distance Champion; Constance Hanf, Junior Metropolitan Champion; Eleanor Holm, National Champion, back stroke, 100 and 200 yards; Georgia Colemen, National Champion Diver. Miss Coleman is From Los Angeles, while the other are members of the Women's Swimming Association, New York. Another caption on a photo of several polo players states: "Southern California co-eds to form polo team sorority women at the University of Southern California are preparing to invade one of the few remaining sport sanctuaries of men- polo..." Also included is a short of the American Women's Olympic Fencing Team which include: MMarion Lloyd, Muriel Guggolz, and Dorothy Locke.

Curated photographic archive celebrating female athletes who overcame stereotypes of women as the "weaker" sex. Because early social constructs regulated physical activity for women, few were able to rise up as professional sports competitors until the 20th century. This archive is a testament to these women's historic strides, revealing their early physical training, their membership in early sport clubs, as well as their most daring, record-breaking feats. The collection depicts women participating in during the early 20th century.

Item #15852

Price: $1,200.00