Friday, September 26, 2025

1894 women’s football team photo

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 This is an interesting photo I found of a female football team.  This is very early for any female team sport. They were playing some inter...
Thursday, July 17, 2025

1860s Princeton College glass stereoview photo with roundball

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 Glass stereoviews were popular in the 1850s and 1860s.  In the 1870s they were basically replaced by paper backed photos and magic lantern ...
Monday, May 19, 2025

1896 Fielding Yost signed cabinet photo

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 In 1896 Lafayette College coached by Parke Davis played West Virginia University 3 consecutive days in October beating them in all three co...
Saturday, May 10, 2025

1882 Mcgill University Football

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Harvard and McGill played 2 contests in Cambridge Massachusetts in May 1873, one association style and one rugby style.  This rugby style ma...
Sunday, May 4, 2025

1879 O.D. Thompson Yale Grad photo

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  I have done a previous write up on the importance O.D. Thompson had not only to early college football but also the beginnings of professi...
Friday, May 2, 2025

1896 Green Bay Wisconsin Football Players

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This is one of the oldest Green Bay football images I have seen with the football dating to 1896.  The first unofficial game was played in 1...
Monday, March 31, 2025

1899 Indiana University football Player

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 Here is a very interesting image of an 1899-1900 Indiana University football photo.  Fresh with a Spalding #50 helmet, Morril nose guard  a...