Iowa State Normal School. Pole vault. Original label reads "Home Meet. "Sioux" Jones winning the record vault 9 ft. 8 in.". In open field man identified as "Sioux" Jones drops beyond the bar held by two other men who stand on sawhorses. Group of men in the center background huddle with their backs to the action.
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. Pole vault. Original label reads "Home Meet. "Sioux" Jones winning the record vault 9 ft. 8 in.". In open field man identified as "Sioux" Jones drops beyond the bar held by two other men who stand on sawhorses. Group of men in the center background huddle with their backs to the action.
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/)