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Fat Man's Race, Moscow; 7-04-11, 1911

 Item — Box: 1, Object: 02-153

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection includes similar images in three formats: mounted prints originally in binders, slides, and negatives. The collection contains copied images of historical photos, newspaper clippings, and articles taken by Clifford Ott, as well as original photographs also taken by Ott. The slides make up selected copy photos of the prints, including the annotations and descriptions as provided by Ott. Original photographer and date, if known, is... included with the descriptions.

Item identification numbers for the prints include the original book number created by Ott, followed by the item number in order as found. Slide numbers follow the same system. The negative identification numbers are the date that Ott made a copy or took the image, followed by the image number. If an exact match of a negative and print could be found, the print is listed in the inventory with the corresponding negative number in the item description. The prints make up the Ott Historical Photograph Digital Collection.

Some negatives from Hodgin's Drug Store originally found in the 1992 donation now make up PG 91.

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Dates

  • Creation: 1911

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

1 item : July 4, 1911. (Photo by Burns) Several fat men and Casper Tylden in the dark vest and pants entered the race. Someone said put a rider on the big Swede he is not a fat man, however he weighed the minimum. The other fat men who started the race had dropped out when the picture was taken. Tylden was just gaining his speed at this point and won the race by quite a margin. His comment after the race was, 'If we had to have gone further I would have beat him badly.' No. 1 in picture is John Ott and no. 2 Clifford M. Ott, 14-years-old. Tylden was our neighbor.; negative number 1-25-73-4c

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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Repository Details

Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository