RunningAHEAD - Topic: Another Vintage Running Photo

Figbash

posted: 5/21/2008 at 7:37 AM
modified: 5/21/2008 at 11:30 AM

I want a pair of those cool leather running shoes! Washington, D.C., 1924. "High school track meet, Central Stadium" There are quite a few other similar Central Stadium photographs on the same site under National Photo. Anyone know where Central Stadium is, or if it still exists? Tom

Maplefly

Hoping to Run Again :-(

posted: 5/21/2008 at 8:27 AM
modified: 5/21/2008 at 8:31 AM

What a fantastic shot! I did a little searching and Woodrow Wilson Senior High in D.C. used to have a stadium named Central, renamed Wilson Stadium in 1939. Maybe... Thanks for sharing.

~ Fly ~
Only as much as I dream can I be.
veggies on the run

Anya_

posted: 5/21/2008 at 9:09 AM

cool website !

- Anya

Figbash

posted: 5/21/2008 at 10:10 AM
modified: 5/21/2008 at 10:12 AM

Quote from Maplefly on 5/21/2008 at 8:27 AM:

What a fantastic shot! I did a little searching and Woodrow Wilson Senior High in D.C. used to have a stadium named Central, renamed Wilson Stadium in 1939.

Yeah, I saw that too, only problem is that Woodrow Wilson HS opened in 1936, 12 years after this photo was taken. Unless the original stadium was torn down to make room for the new HS? I also found something about a Central Stadium associated with the White House, no details though. Tom

Maplefly

Hoping to Run Again :-(

posted: 5/21/2008 at 10:40 AM

Quote from Figbash on 5/21/2008 at 10:10 AM:

Yeah, I saw that too, only problem is that Woodrow Wilson HS opened in 1936, 12 years after this photo was taken. Tom

Doh!

~ Fly ~
Only as much as I dream can I be.
veggies on the run

Figbash

posted: 5/21/2008 at 10:57 AM

Found it! Central High School was built in 1803 and re-named Cardozo High School in 1933. The stadium and building in the background still exist at 13th. and Clifton in Washington D.C. Tom

cewickbe

posted: 5/21/2008 at 9:55 PM

cool - can i have a helping of the 3rd guy in, with the jazz hands? he looks like he was a hotty in his day. of course, dude's probably over 80 now so that wouldnt be so hot!

Teresadfp

One day at a time

posted: 5/21/2008 at 10:07 PM

Quote from cewickbe on 5/21/2008 at 9:55 PM:

cool - can i have a helping of the 3rd guy in, with the jazz hands? he looks like he was a hotty in his day. of course, dude's probably over 80 now so that wouldnt be so hot!

If he was about 16 in the photo, he would have been born in 1908, so he'd be 100 today! My grandfather was born in 1911, and he's almost 97. I love that website, ever since someone (Figbash?) posted another running photo. New pictures are posted every day, so I always check them out.

BeeRunB

posted: 5/21/2008 at 10:50 PM

Great photo. The thing that strikes me is how these high schoolers look like MEN. Sort of like the youngsters in WW2, they all looked like MEN

dnephin

posted: 5/21/2008 at 10:59 PM

Quote from BeeRunB on 5/21/2008 at 10:50 PM:

Great photo. The thing that strikes me is how these high schoolers look like MEN. Sort of like the youngsters in WW2, they all looked like MEN

hmm. I wonder if perhaps it's some clubs, or colleges, racing and maybe it's misnamed as HS? They do look a bit older than HS age. But I'm a terrible judge of age. I think I look young now Wink

DWARP
Marathon Madness Mob

Figbash

posted: 5/22/2008 at 7:17 AM
modified: 5/22/2008 at 7:26 AM

Quote from BeeRunB on 5/21/2008 at 10:50 PM:

Great photo. The thing that strikes me is how these high schoolers look like MEN. Sort of like the youngsters in WW2, they all looked like MEN

I have 17 year old and 20 year old boys, both athletic and heavily involved in sports and that's pretty much what they look like. A low body fat percentage and good muscle tone will do that. The difference between now and then is the number of overweight people around so someone in good physical condition tends to stand out. Undecided

The black and white photos tend to make people look older as well. Does this look like a typical high school girls class? Tom

dnephin

posted: 5/22/2008 at 7:36 AM

Agree, Figbash: Must be the BW part.

DWARP
Marathon Madness Mob

Wings

posted: 5/22/2008 at 8:33 AM

I believe that is a young Cosmo Kramer on the far left of the original picture....

Jayr

posted: 5/23/2008 at 7:21 PM

Anyone else see the image above the guys head on the far right? What's that?

pRED

posted: 5/23/2008 at 7:31 PM

Quote from Figbash on 5/22/2008 at 7:17 AM:

Does this look like a typical high school girls class?

Yes it does. And the bug-eyed one wants me, but she ain't gettin' any! Big grin

Ricky

—our ability to perform up to our physiological potential in a race is determined by whether or not we truly psychologically believe that what we are attempting is realistic. Anton Krupicka

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