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8 x 10 in. color photographic print of the Fourth Estate Stables horse racing team at Gulfstream Park horse race track in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Pictured in the photographs are the owners of the second and third place winners of the race, Painted Shield and Count Prospector, repectively, Baltimore, Maryland businessman and millionaire Harry Meyerhoff and his wife Teresa (misspelled on the image as Tersa) and their oldest son, Tom. Also pictured are trainer Jack J. Weipert and Donald Alan “Don” Brumfield, an American jockey from Kentucky. During his thirty-five-year career, Brumfield won 4,573 races in 33,222 rides and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1996. Fourth Estate Stables was owned by John S. Knight and his friend and partner Marshall Field who purchased and breed horses and raced them at numerous races around the country.

Speech at the Beacon Journal 25-Year Club

Firestone dinner and presentation of Mr. Charles Edison

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (center) posing with the winners of the 1980 John S. Knight Award for women's bowling, which include Akron Beacon Journal employees Martha "Cookie" Lipford (right) of the Accounting Department for Hi Handicap and Sandi Hall (left) of the Classifieds Department for Hi Actual. The photograph was taken in John S. Knight's office at the Akron Beacon Journal in Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (center) posing with Akron Beacon Journal employees and John S. Knight Award recipients (from left to right) Martha Lipford, Sandi Hill (women's bowling), James Cea, and Robert Mitchin (men's golf).

8 x 10 in.black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (left) presenting the 1980 John S. Knight Awards to James Cea (center) and Robert Mitchin (right), both of the Circulation Department of the Akron Beacon Journal, for low net and low gross, repectively. The photograph was taken in John S. Knight's office at the Akron Beacon Journal in Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (left) posing with Akronite Elizabeth M. "Libby" Sammeth (1923-1984).

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (left) posing with Akronite Elizabeth M. "Libby" Sammeth (1923-1984).

John S. Knight's philosophy on publishing

Knight Newspaper Annual Meeting

8x10 in. black and white photograph of John S. Knight presenting the John S. Knight Trophy awarded to Jim Shearer in 1978

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (second from right) presenting the John S. Knight Trophy to the 1978 winner Jim Shearer (right) with two unidentified men.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (left) presenting the John S. Knight Trophy to the 1978 winner Jim Shearer.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (center) presenting the John S. Knight Trophy to the 1978 winner Jim Shearer (right) with an unidentified man.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (right) posing with the 1978 John S. Knight Trophy with an unidentified man.

Speech for Oldtimers Diiner, Sons of Herman, Akron, Ohio

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of a plaque dedicated to John S. Knight for his "service to mankind in all walks of life" from the citizens of Akron, Ohio. The plaque was given to him at a testamonial dinner honoring his 50 years in journalism held at the Sheraton Hotel in Akron, Ohio on November 16, 1964.

JSK speech for the Akron Convention and Visitors Bureau

JSK speech before the Akron Press Club

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of Betty Knight (left) speaking with her son, Charles Landon Knight II, and two unidentified people at the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award ceremony held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio. Akron landmarks Loew's Theatre and the Mayflower Hotel can be seen in the background.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of Betty Knight (left) speaking with two unidentified people at the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award ceremony held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio. Akron landmarks Loew's Theatre and the Mayflower Hotel can be seen in the background.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of Betty Knight at the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award ceremony held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of the crowd watching John S. Knight accept the 1975 Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio. Betty Knight, Mildred Thomas, and E.J. Thomas can be seen sitting in the front row on the left.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of a crowd watching John S. Knight accept the 1975 Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award at the ceremony held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

Correspondence with President Gerald Ford

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight and his wife Betty Knight at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight and his wife Betty Knight at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight and his wife Betty Knight at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight speaking to the crowd during the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (right) and then former Chairman of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Edwin J. Thomas (left), holding the 1975 Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award that was awared to John S. Knight. The men stand in Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio where the awards ceremony took place.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (right) and retired Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Chairman E.J. Thomas (left) holding the 1975 Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award that was just awared to John S. Knight. The men stand in Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio where the awards ceremony took place.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight and two unidentified men at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (left) speaking with two unidentified men at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (right) speaking with an unidentified woman at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

5 x 7 in. black and white photographic print of a portrait of John S. Knight at the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award ceremony at Cascade Plaza in downton Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (left) shaking hands with an unidentified man at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight speaking to the crowd from behind a podium during the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (right) speaking with an unidentified man at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (left) speaking with an unidentified man while other unidentified people converse in the background during the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of John S. Knight (right) speaking to a group of unidentified men at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

News coverage and JSK speech for Knight Foundation Luncheon 1976

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of (from left to right) Betty Knight, her husband John S. Knight, Mildred Thomas, and her huband E.J. Thomas at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of (from left to right) Betty Knight, her husband John S. Knight, Mildred Thomas, and her huband E.J. Thomas at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of (from left to right) John S. Knight, his wife Betty Knight, E.J. Thomas, and his wife Mildred Thomas seated in the front row at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of (from left to right) John S. Knight, his wife Betty Knight, E.J. Thomas, and his wife Mildred Thomas seated in the front row at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of (from left to right) Betty Knight, her husband John S. Knight, Mildred Thomas, and her huband E.J. Thomas at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of (from left to right) Betty Knight, her husband John S. Knight, Mildred Thomas, and her huband E.J. Thomas at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.

JSK before the National Press Club

News coverage and JSK acceptance speech for Polsky Humanitarian Award

8 x 10 in. black and white photographic print of two unidentified men at the ceremony for the Bert Polsky Humanitarian Award held at Cascade Plaza in downtown Akron, Ohio.