Judging the pole-vault, summer 1959

Format: JPEG
Title: Judging the pole-vault, summer 1959
Identifier: VH0066
Depiction: A man reaching the high point of a pole-vault, watched by two men in suits positioned on either side of the uprights; sundry spectators, a high wall and houses in the background.
Description: This photograph was taken at the 1959 Co. Galway sports meet, in which students and staff of UCG participated.
Note that a heap of sawdust was the landing-place for those completing their vault.
Contributor: Frank Imbusch
Bibliographic Citation: F. Imbusch, ‘Judging the pole-vault, summer 1959’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14349, Archival Record Id VHRS
Spatial Coverage: Fahy's Field, Galway
Temporal Coverage: Summer 1959
Period: 1950s
Category: b&w; group; off-campus; outdoors
Subject: University of Galway; Sports; Athletics; Track and field; Pole vault; Competition
Language: English
Creator: Frank Imbusch
Publisher: University of Galway Library
Rights: This image may be used for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-SA see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Item sets: Frank Imbusch album; Visual History Retired Staff Collection IMAGES