Pole vaulter clearing bar as men look on while holding equipment in place
Information
Image number
UA10800014
Image classification
Sports and Physical Training - 1080 - Track and Field
Date
circa 1890
Decade
1890s
Description and notes
Pole vaulter clearing bar in track and field event with early campus buildings in the background.
Historical context
''At the end of the 1892-93 school year, the first Field Day ushered in the college’s athletic programs.'' Cited from p.14, https://hr.nmsu.edu/ofs/wp-content/uploads/sites/57/2015/03/Appendix-A-Heritage-Preservation-Plan-Volume-I-adopted-03.14.11.pdf ''Athletics also continued to expand and in 1928, the new Miller Fields at the west corner of Espina Street and Horseshoe (site of today’s Skeen Building) were built to accommodate the growing popularity of football, tennis, track, and several auxiliary sports, such as archery.'' Cited from https://hr.nmsu.edu/ofs/wp-content/uploads/sites/57/2015/03/Appendix-A-Heritage-Preservation-Plan-Volume-I-adopted-03.14.11.pdf
Subject (LCSH)
Track and field
Athletes
Track and field athletes
College students
Competitions
Subject (local)
New Mexico State University. Athletics
Digital publisher
New Mexico State University Library
Access rights
Public record. No restrictions on use. See New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act, Chapter 14, Article 2, 8th Edition, 2015
Source
NMSU Library Archives and Special Collections Department