In spotlight as A.A.U. opens Golden Jubilee Convention. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2. Marking its Golden Jubilee, the Amateur Athletic Union today convened for the 50th Anniversary Convention at the Willard Hotel. Sending John J. MaGee, coach of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME., off to an imaginary race
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"In spotlight as A.A.U. opens Golden Jubilee Convention. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2. Marking its Golden Jubilee, the Amateur Athletic Union today convened for the 50th Anniversary Convention at the Willard Hotel. Sending John J. MaGee, coach of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME., off to an imaginary race" (1938). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:In_spotlight_as_A.A.U._opens_Golden_Jubilee_Convention._Washington,_D.C.,_Dec._2._Marking_its_Golden_Jubilee,_the_Amateur_Athletic_Union_today_convened_for_the_50th_Anniversary_Convention_at_LCCN2016874481.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 284005.
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