Photograph of Len Glascow throwing a javelin: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Len Glascow throwing a javelin: Date: 1968. Subject of: Rev. Lenton W. Glascow, American. Photograph by: Unidentified.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black-and-white photograph of Len Glascow preparing to throw a javelin. Glascow wears dark shorts and top printed with [CALIFORNIA / TRACK / CLUB] with white socks and running shoes. He holds the javelin in his right hand and is mid-motion preparing to throw it. Behind him a row of trees, wire fence, and a group of people are visible.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1968
- Subject of: Rev. Lenton W. Glascow, American
- Photograph by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Black Stuntmen's Association, founded 1967
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (19.1 x 24.1 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 8 1/8 x 10 1/16 in. (20.6 x 25.6 cm)
- Place depicted: Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Actors
- Topic: Athletes
- Topic: Hollywood (Film)
- Topic: Labor
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Professional organizations
- Topic: Sports
- Object number: 2013.73.4
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lenton W. Glascow
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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