First International Championship Rat Race
Collection
Albuquerque Public Schools
DateApril 16, 1959
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (19.4 × 24.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Albuquerque Public Schools
Object numberPA1997.046.864
DescriptionGeorge Fischbeck, science teacher, waves a hat at a cheering crowd of students at Monroe Junior High School during the First International Championship Rat Race in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is wearing a striped shirt and khaki pants and has his back to the camera. There are wooden race chutes in the foreground for the thirty white rats in the competition. The students are waving hands and shouting back at Mr. Fischbeck.On View
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