High jumping event, Waterloo College Invitation Games, May 3, 1947
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Black and white photograph of a male high school student competing in the high jumping event at the Waterloo College Invitation Games held on May 3, 1947 at Woodside Park in Kitchener, Ontario. He is landing in the dirt. High jump apparatus is on the right side. Spectators are gathered in the background.
- Notes
- In 1935 Waterloo College hosted the first Invitation Games, an annual track and field meet for Central Western Ontario high schools. The Games featured events for male and female athletes. The Waterloo College Invitation Games were suspended from 1941-1945, and resumed in 1946.
Wilfrid Laurier University is located in Waterloo, Ontario. It began in 1911 as the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada. In 1924 Waterloo College was established, providing courses in post-secondary education. In 1960 Waterloo College became Waterloo Lutheran University, and in 1973 changed its name to Wilfrid Laurier University. - Date of Original
- May 3, 1947
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 5.5cm
Image Height: 8cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- RG-102.14_2.3
- Collection
- Waterloo College Invitation Games collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.4501 Longitude: -80.48299
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Copyright Date
- 1947
- Recommended Citation
- Wilfrid Laurier University Archives & Special Collections
- Reproduction Notes
- RG-102.14 Disc1
- Contact
- Wilfrid Laurier University LibraryEmail:libarch@wlu.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:75 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON Canada N2L 3C5