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Edmonton Grads en route to Paris

from Provincial Archives of Alberta

• thirdstone_inc said:

  Photo taken June 19, 1924 at the downtown CNR Train Station.

F.W. Rubien (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• bior said:

  Here is a NY Times Article about F. W. Rubien, being "Frederick W. Rubien, Secretary-Treasurer of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States". There are many additional mentions of Frederick W. Rubien in NY Times articles from that time period.

• Art Siegel said:

  AAU post held 1914-1927, Officer of the American Olympic Committee starting in 1914. archive.wmlnj.org/TheWestfieldLeader/1939/1939-02-02/pg_0... He seems best known now for his support, as secretary of the American Olympic Committee, of Avery Brundage's endorsement of the exclusion of Jews from the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

• Anne (LOC P&P) said:

  bior and artolog: Thanks for pointing us to more information about Rubien. We'll include some of it in the description next time we update.

Anders Haugen (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• calm respect said:

  love the background on the photo and your new avatar !

• swanq said:

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Haugen "Anders Olsen Haugen (October 24, 1888 – April 14, 1984) was an American ski jumper who won four national ski jumping championships. ... In 1919 and 1920, Anders Haugen set the World record ski jumping distances of 213 ft (64.92m) and 214 ft (65.23m), respectively. "

• B-59 said:

  The record jump took place on February 29, 1920 at Dillon, Montana, s. Albuquerque morning journal., March 01, 1920, CITY EDITION, Page 2, col. 4 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84031081/1920-03-01/ed-..., s. also article in East Oregonian : E.O., March 17, 1920, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Page 4, col. 1 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88086023/1920-03-17/ed-...

• Art Siegel said:

  This one obviously taken indoors against a painted backdrop. Ribbon seems to say "1909"