Runner Statue Celebrating the National Turnfest, 1905

ID: 507 ~ Source: American Turners Collection, IUPUI Special Collections and Archives ~ Date: 1905
This file appears in: The Athenaeum
Runner Statue Celebrating the National Turnfest, 1905

Photo Courtesy of IUPUI Special Collections and Archives.

This file appears in: The Athenaeum

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