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| Title | Al Ulbrickson, University of Washington crew coach, Seattle, 1937 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1937 |
| Caption | Al Ulbrickson, who began coaching University of Washington (UW) crew at the age of twenty-four, served as coach for thirty years. Under Ulbrickson's leadership, UW crew went to the Olympics three times. On the first occasion in the 1936 Berlin Games, UW won the gold in a stunning victory after coming from behind. Gold and bronze medals were won in the 1948 and 1952 Olympics as well. After a 1958 defeat from the Soviet Union in the English Henley Regatta, UW registered a surprising victory over the Soviets on their home course in a rematch that was broadcast from behind the 'Iron Curtain' on Seattle's KOMO Radio.
This photo of Ulbrickson holding the megaphone and standing by the docks was taken in the earlier days of his career in 1937 after he presided over UW crew in their first Olympic gold victory in 1936. |
| Notes | Handwritten on image: Ulbrickson Al.
Caption information sources: Husky Crew; History of Washington Crew.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): January 28, 1937. |
| Subjects | Coaches (Athletics)--Washington (State)--Seattle; Sports--Washington (State)--Seattle; Racing shells--Washington (State)--Seattle; Lakes & ponds--Washington (State)--Seattle; Megaphones--Washington (State)--Seattle; Universities & colleges--Washington (State)--Seattle; University of Washington |
| Personal Names | Ulbrickson, Al |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
University District (Seattle, Wash.)
Washington, Lake (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5G.3100 |
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| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 glass negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
