Hobson-Huntsinger University Archives Photograph Collection, 1890-1982
Date
circa 1890
Decade
1890s
Subject (LCSH)
Track and field
Athletes
Track and field athletes
College students
Competitions
Subject (local)
New Mexico State University. Athletics
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 Heritage-Preservation-Plan-Volume-I. ''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 Appendix-A-Heritage-Preservation-Plan-Volume-I.
Extent
4 x 5 in.
Notes
Pole vaulter clearing bar in track and field event with early campus buildings in the background.