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Filename: ywca_1980_negs_122
PID: islandora:82_833
Title: 1986 y-Walk participants exercising
Creator: Unknown
Date issued: 1986
Language: English
Description: Negative shows a group of men and women who are 1986 y-walk participants. They are doing stretching exercises in the YWCA's parking lot. The group may be following the woman exercising on the far right. Their bodies are leaning to one side and the opposite arm is stretched up and over their heads... Show moreNegative shows a group of men and women who are 1986 y-walk participants. They are doing stretching exercises in the YWCA's parking lot. The group may be following the woman exercising on the far right. Their bodies are leaning to one side and the opposite arm is stretched up and over their heads. The Most of them are wearing tee shirts that read: "Walk for women. YWCA 1986." The YWCA building is in the background and a couple of partially visible poster board signs are in the foreground. There is a balloon tied to one of the signs. Show less
File Format: Image/jpg
Extent: 1 x 1.5 in.
Object type: Negatives
Tags: Young Women's Christian Association
Subject, LCSH: Balloons (Novelties)
Fund raising
Men
Physical fitness
T-shirts
Walking
Women
Subject, TGM: Young Women's Christian Association
Geographic coverage: San Jose -- California
Collection: YWCA of Silicon Valley Collection
Repository: San Jose State University Library Special Collections & Archives
Relation - is part of: Series III, Box 13 Folder 385-386
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Location: Series III, Box 13 Folder 385-386
Note: On envelope: "1986 Y-Walk." "Executive Director Faith Rein (the top job had been renamed again) and President Sarah Janigian launched two annual events that heaped public attention on the association: the Y-Walk downtown in 1984, in which volunteers enlisted sponsors to raise money for YWCA programs; and TWIN, Tribute to Women and Industry, in 1985." From Fran Smith, "Breaking Ground: The Daring Women of the YWCA in the Santa Clara Valley, 1905-2005, " (2005), p.87.
Digital reproduction information: Scanned with Epson Perfection V700 photo; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3