Iowa State Normal School's away track meet & race at Northern Illinois State Normal School, now known as Northern Illinois University. Three men in black unmarked uniforms and a fourth in a lighter uniform with a chest emblem appearing to be an "S" superimposed over and "N" within and "O" race to the finish line as a small crowd cheers them on. A larger grandstand is in the right background and Altgeld Hall, the large Gothic building with corner towers and a square tower, flies a U.S. flag is in the center background.
Additional photographs and objects can be found at the University of Northern Iowa Museum/ Center for the History of Rural Iowa Education & Culture UNI Museum @ Rod Library (https://museum.library.uni.edu/) & The Rural School Collections at UNI | University of Northern Iowa (https://ruralschools.uni.edu/)
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Iowa State Normal School's away track meet & race at Northern Illinois State Normal School, now known as Northern Illinois University. Three men in black unmarked uniforms and a fourth in a lighter uniform with a chest emblem appearing to be an "S" superimposed over and "N" within and "O" race to the finish line as a small crowd cheers them on. A larger grandstand is in the right background and Altgeld Hall, the large Gothic building with corner towers and a square tower, flies a U.S. flag is in the center background.
Additional photographs and objects can be found at the University of Northern Iowa Museum/ Center for the History of Rural Iowa Education & Culture UNI Museum @ Rod Library (https://museum.library.uni.edu/) & The Rural School Collections at UNI | University of Northern Iowa (https://ruralschools.uni.edu/)