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There is a reference to an athlete, H.H. Hsieh of Wisconsin, competing in a track meet at the Midwestern Conference of the Chinese Student Association in the November, 1917 number of the Chinese Students Monthly: " The track meet was held on Camp Randall on the afternoon of September 3. The Wisconsin Chinese Students Club won the Club championship with a total record of 55 points Mr WK Chang of Chicago won the individual championship with a record of 23 points while Mr HH Hsieh of Wisconsin won the second place with 21 points." Probable reference is to Camp Randall stadium at the University of Wisconsin. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Randall_Stadium

The Aberdeen weekly., July 04, 1919, Image 3 published a croped version of this photo with the caption: "CHINAMAN GREAT SPRINTER - Hsuch Hai Hsieh, one of the best men on the track team of the University of Wisconsin, has been the highest individual point winner in two recent big meets. He went to the university direct from Peking in 1916 and graduated this year, but is going back for a post-graduate course." chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86074011/1919-07-04/ed-...

Other sources call him Hsueh Hai Hsieh (which is more plausible), s. e.g. www.newspapers.com/newspage/54163434/

Listed as Hsueh Hai Hsiehh from Wusih China, he is pictured in The Liberty Badger, "Assembled and Published by the CLASS OF 192O of the University Of Wisconsin, in 1919. books.google.com/books?id=I3ZHAQAAMAAJ&dq=Hsueh+Hai+H... He is also listed in The North China Daily News & Herald, 1928, as born in 1887 in Wusih, Kiangsu, and was apparently (truncated due to snippet view) a third secretary to a Chinese legation between 1922 and 1924 books.google.com/books?id=sLgZAAAAIAAJ&q=Hsueh+Hai+Hs...

Thanks Art Siegel and B-59. We will add more information about Hsueh Hai Hsieh to the description.

Hayes was an US Olympic Gold medal winner at the 1908 Olympics in London in the marathon. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Hayes

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This is possibly H.E. Elphinstone of the Cross-Country Club, Baltimore. According to the New York Times June 13, 1909 article, Y.M.C.A. Boy Wins Marathon, he came in second in the 1909 Washington Marathon.

Unusual name, he must somehow be related to the terrible British general Elphinstone, whose actions led to British Army massacre in Afghanistan, as described in the novel "Flashman" by George MacDonald Fraser, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_George_Keith_Elphinstone

I saw this print recently (MLK Library, perhaps?) and loved it. Great shot. Can anyone tell me where this is? What building that is? What streets/intersection this is? Thanks.

Ivan Sciupac: That's a tough one. I wandered around with Google Streetview to try to find the building and, frankly, trying to find a columned building in Washington is like trying to find a snowflake in Aspen. However, the double-columned style is fairly unique while bearing a resemblance to many of the buildings around the Federal Archives. Still, I had no luck. Maybe somebody with more time than I have could use Google Streetview to find it by following the old trolley routes: Wikipedia: Streetcars in Washington D.C..

Thanks, pixeljones. Nice analogy! I might just try walking around the area and see what I can find. Actually, now that I look at it in a larger size, I'm reminded of 17th Street with the building possibly being OEOB? I think I might be right about this. At least, it's possible. Look at the MAP. The Red "Washington and Georgetown" Line crossed in front of the White House and went up Pennsylvania.