1894 Bowdoin College Football Team

 Here is a nice mounted imperial cabinet photo of the 1894 Bowdoin College squad.  Bowdoin first started playing football in 1889.  Their main rivalry games are between Bates College played since 1889 and Colby College since 1893.  

1892 Yale Football Team Photo

 Here is a very clear image of the 1892 Yale football team.  Just like in their 1891 year they went undefeated and unscored upon with a record of 13-0.  They were retroactively named National Champions for this year.  While they did lose some stars from the 91 team, they did pick up Bill Hickok and John Greenway.  Many of the other players appeared in the 1894 Mayo Cut Plug set.

1893 Princeton University Champions Imperial Cabinet

 The 1893 Princeton Tigers football team finished the season a perfect 11-0  and being the undisputed national champions for that year.  One of the great things about this cabinet is the intricate detail taken of naming each player listed on the back.  Many of these players ended up in the 1894 Mayo set including Captain Thomas Trenchard, Langdon Lea, and Arthur Wheeler to name a few.  Another interesting feature of this cabinet is the early image of Nielson Poe wearing his Groton School jersey.

1882 Rutgers Football Team Photo

 I was excited to receive this one from a trade with a collecting friend who has an amazing early collection.  Even though Rutgers was one of the first colleges to play in a game in 1869, very few early images exist.  This is an albumen image of the 1882 Rutgers football team.  The team itself went 6-4 that season playing some of the bigger teams in the country.