Runner Collection

Brooklyn Children's Field Day [50 yd. final], between c1910 and c1915

Meadows - Wood - Queal - Longboat, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Meadows - Wood - Queal - Longboat, 1913. Shows Canadian runners Tom Longboat, Abbie Wood and A. Meadows with American runner Bill Queal

John Paul Jones [sports], between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
John Paul Jones [sports], between c1910 and c1915

Lewis Tewanima, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Lewis Tewanima, 1911. Shows Hopi American long distance runner and Olympic medal winner Louis Tewanima (1888-1969) after winning a marathon in New York City, May 6, 1911

Tewanima (winner), Arquette (came in 5th), 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Tewanima (winner), Arquette (came in 5th), 1911

Mel Sheppard [sports], between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Mel Sheppard [sports], between c1910 and c1915

Mel Sheppard [sports], between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Mel Sheppard [sports], between c1910 and c1915

Elphinstone Winning Washington marathon, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Elphinstone Winning Washington marathon, 1911. Shows H.E. Elphinstone in marathon on Constitution Avenue, NE, Washington, D.C. Building on left is the Russell Senate Office Building

Umberto Blaisie standing in front of park benches, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Umberto Blaisie standing in front of park benches, 1910

Umberto Blaisie, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Umberto Blaisie, 1910

Palace attendants (runners), Persia, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Palace attendants (runners), Persia, 1918

Tell S. Berna, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Tell S. Berna, between c1910 and c1915. Shows American athlete Tell Schirnding Berna (1891-1975) of Cornell University who competed in the 1912 Olympics

Olympic athletes arrive. Thos. H. Lilley, Andrew Sockalexis, 1912. Shows Thomas H

Gaston Strobino, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Gaston Strobino, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Gaston M. Strobino (1891-1968), a Swiss-born American athlete who won the bronze medal in the marathon event at the 1912 Olympics

John L. Reynolds, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
John L. Reynolds, between c1910 and c1915

110 metre race - Olympic Games - 1912, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
110 metre race - Olympic Games - 1912, 1912. Related to the 5th Olympic Games, held in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1912

Kolehmainen, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Kolehmainen, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Finnish long-distance runner Juho Pietari "Hannes" Kolehmainen (1889-1966)

Ralph Rose, Pat McDonald, Matt Grath, Jones, Kaviatt [i.e. Kiviat], 1912

Harry Smith, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Harry Smith, between c1910 and c1915

AI IMAGE - Illustration of Roger Bannister, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Illustration of Roger Bannister, 1950s, (2023). Bannister (1929-2018) was a Britlish neurologist and middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub-4-minute mile

AI IMAGE - Illustration of Roger Bannister, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Illustration of Roger Bannister, 1950s, (2023). Bannister (1929-2018) was a Britlish neurologist and middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub-4-minute mile

The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday, October 11, 1890, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday, October 11, 1890, 1890.From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

The Scottish Fete, in Lord Holland's Park, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Scottish Fete, in Lord Holland's Park, [Notting Hill, London], 1850

Hose team The champion Chinese Hose Team of America
Hose team. The champion Chinese Hose Team of America, who won the great Hub-and-Hub race at Deadwood, Dak. July 4th, 1888 []. Twelve member team of Chinese "hose" runners posed in uniform

Stirrup Spout Vessel with Fineline Image of a Running Royal Messenger, 100 B.C./A.D. 500

Stirrup Spout Vessel Depicting Runners, 100 B. C. / A. D. 500. Creator: Unknown
Stirrup Spout Vessel Depicting Runners, 100 B.C./A.D. 500

Corn Popper Depicting Costumed Runners with a Modeled Handle, 100 B. C. / A. D. 500
Corn Popper Depicting Costumed Runners with a Modeled Handle, 100 B.C./A.D. 500

Vessel in the Form of a Royal Messenger with Ritual Runners, 100 B. C. / A. D. 500
Vessel in the Form of a Royal Messenger with Ritual Runners, 100 B.C./A.D. 500

Stirrup Spout Vessel Depicting Costumed Runners, 100 B. C. / A. D. 500. Creator: Unknown
Stirrup Spout Vessel Depicting Costumed Runners, 100 B.C./A.D. 500

Flat-Bottomed Stirrup Spout Vessel Depicting Costumed Runners, 100 B. C. / A. D. 500
Flat-Bottomed Stirrup Spout Vessel Depicting Costumed Runners, 100 B.C./A.D. 500

Sais coureurs au Caire, 1870s. Creator: Felix Bonfils
Sais coureurs au Caire, 1870s

William Cummings, Runner, from Worlds Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen &
William Cummings, Runner, from Worlds Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

L. E. Myers, Runner, from Worlds Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen &
L.E. Myers, Runner, from Worlds Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

E. C. Carter, Runner, from Worlds Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen &
E.C. Carter, Runner, from Worlds Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

The Greenwich Foot Tunnel, London, England, UK, 2 / 3 / 10. Creator: Ethel Davies
The Greenwich Foot Tunnel, London, England, UK, 2/3/10. The Greenwich Foot Tunnel, opened in 1902, crossing underneath the River Thames linking Greenwich to the Isle of Dogs, London SE10, England, UK

The Athlete, 1907. Creator: Umberto Boccioni
The Athlete, 1907

Canadian sprinter Percy Williams, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Canadian sprinter Percy Williams, 1928. Williams (1908-1982) won gold medal in the mens 100m and 200m races at the 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam

German runner Lina Radke, 1928. Creator: Unknown
German runner Lina Radke, 1928. Radke (1903-1983) was the first Olympic champion in the womens 800 metres, winning a gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam

Finnish runners Ville Ritola and Paavo Nurmi, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Finnish runners Ville Ritola and Paavo Nurmi, 1928. Ritola (1896-1982) won five Olympic gold medals and three Olympic silver medals

Ray Barbuti and Hermann Engelhard, 4 x 400m relay, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Ray Barbuti and Hermann Engelhard, 4 x 400m relay, 1928. Ray Barbuti of the USA won gold medal, and Hermann Engelhard of Germany won bronze at the 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam

Boughera El Ouafi winning the marathon for France, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Boughera El Ouafi winning the marathon for France, 1928. Algerian athlete El Ouafi (1898-1959) competed during the time Algeria was part of France

German sprinter Joachim Büchner, 1928. Creator: Unknown
German sprinter Joachim Bü chner, 1928. Bü chner (1905-1978) won bronze medal in the 400 m event at the 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam

British athlete Douglas Lowe winning the 800 metres in Athletics, 1928. Creator: Unknown
British athlete Douglas Lowe winning the 800 metres in Athletics, 1928

Canadian team, womens 4 x 100 metres relay, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Canadian team, womens 4 x 100 metres relay, 1928. Ethel Smith, Bobbie Rosenfeld, Myrtle Cook and Jane Bell won gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam

Nelson Piquet, French motorsport racer

Jean Bouin, French soldier and athlete, 1912. Bouin (1888-1914) competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and at the 1912 Games in Stockholm, where he won a silver medal in the 5000 metres

Running the half mile at the Civil Service Sports day, Stamford Bridge, London, 1926-1927

The Tumulus of Marathon, Greece, 1937. Artist: Martin Hurlimann
The Tumulus of Marathon, Greece, 1937. Runners in front of the burial mound of the 192 Athenian dead at the site of the battle of Marathon in 490 BC

The finish of the marathon, Olympic Games, London, 1908, (c1920). Dorando Pietri of Italy, the first runner to enter the stadium, collapsed several times and ran the wrong way

Marathon race, 1896. Artist: F Meaulle
Marathon race, 1896. Crowds applauding as an athlete crosses the finishing line of a marathon race organised by Le Petit Journal. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 2nd August 1896

Ancient Olympic Games: the relay race, 1922. Competitors had to keep alight the flame and hand it to their fellows.This reconstruction shows a runner protecting the flame with his shield

A Foot Race at the Olympian Games, Ancient Greece. Artist: Archibald Webb
A Foot Race at the Olympian Games, Ancient Greece

Greek bronze of a girl runner, 6th century BC
Greek bronze of a girl runner, probably from Prisrend, Yugoslavia, and possibly Laconian. From the British Museums collection, 6th century BC

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