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Two Footracers - Circa 1900

TWO FOOTRACERS - CIRCA 1900

Two men dressed in running clothes - circa 1900. Photographer - William Corkhill (1846-1936)
From the William Henry Corkhill Tilba Tilba Collection held by the National Library.
Ref nla-an2499551, Call Number: PIC PIC TT640

Visit the collection at: www.nla.gov.au/catalogue/pictures/
Direct Link: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an2499551

The outfits are interesting, but why the hats? For another interesting picture of
men fitted out for footracing around the turn of the century check out the picture in
the National Library's collection "Preparing to start a footrace on sports day at Corunna"
Direct Link: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an2499340

Hugh Capel's Australian History Pages: Nothing after 1901 Interesting Items/Snippets from Australia's Colonial Past

Two Footracers - Circa 1900

Hugh Capel's Australian History Pages: Nothing after 1901
Interesting Items/Snippets from Australia's Colonial Past