Collection Guide
Brief record only
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Bay to Breakers race photographs from the San Francisco Examiner photograph archive.
Collection Number:
No online items
Collection Overview
Title:
Bay to Breakers race photographs from the San Francisco Examiner photograph archiveSan Francisco examiner photograph archive
San Francisco examiner
Creator/Contributor:
San Francisco Examiner (Firm), creatorAbstract:
Photographs documenting the Examiner-sponsored Bay to Breakers 12 kilometer foot race and "fun run" through San Francisco.
Between 1912 and 1964, this race was known as the Cross City Race. The Examiner began sponsorship in 1966, but the earliest
photographs in this series date from 1984. Photographs are of crowds, runners, costumed participants, ceremonies, and related
events held in Golden Gate Park following the race.
Date:
1984-1999 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caBay to Breakers Marathon
Running races -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Courses à pied -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Running races
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
California -- San Francisco
San Francisco examiner
San Francisco Examiner (Firm)
Note:
Photographed, presumably, by staff photographers of the San Francisco examiner. Named photographers include: Kenneth Lee,
Robert Kaufman, George Olson, John Storey, Gus Bower, Jeff Dooley, Jeff Reinking, Michael O'Callahan, D. Lee, Sam Forencich,
Mark Trousdale, Gerry Gropp, Janet Holden Ramos, Terrence McCarthy, Michael Rossney, and Peter DaSilva.
Title devised by cataloger.
Forms part of the Fang Family San Francisco Examiner archive.
Negatives of Bay to Breakers races are filed in the negative files of the news archive of the Examiner (BANC PIC 2006.029--NEG).
AVAILABLE FOR USE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of
Public Services, The Bancroft Library.
Gift; Of the the SF Newspaper Company, LLC, in consultation with the Fang family of San Francisco, former owners of the San
Francisco Examiner; 2006.
Received with the news photograph archive of the Examiner (BANC PIC 2006.029--PIC and 2006.029--NEG), 100 linear feet of publisher's
correspondence, microfilmed clippings files (BANC MSS 2006/160), and over 900 volumes of bound copies of the newspaper.
Type:
graphicPhotographs.
Pictorial works.
Photographs.
Slides, color.
Physical Description:
photoprint
slide
5 cartons (approximately 7,500 slides and approximately 300 photographic prints) : color ; slides 35 mm
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
AVAILABLE FOR USE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of
Public Services, The Bancroft Library.