Hammer Throw

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Burton, James
1897 - 1909
overall: 8 x 10 in.; 20.32 x 25.4 cm

8 x 10 glass plate negative taken by James Burton between 1897 and 1909. View of a man participating in a hammer throw event. The hammer throw is an ancient sport, named because originally a hammer was thrown; it has since been replaced by a hard ball on a wire. 1886-1924 were the 'golden years' of American hammer throwing.

B.1984.187.414

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer