In 1898 he served in the Spanish-American war. The following year he ended up entering Cornell where he continued his football career as a star halfback. After graduation Walbridge started what became one of the largest construction companies in the United States.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This is one of my favorite photos in my collection. It is a large crystal clear image of the 1896 Cornell Graduate football team photo. Clint Wycoff seen at the bottom of the image was the captain and selected All-American, the first not from Harvard, Princeton, Yale, or Penn. Some other interesting things of not is the dog mascot and the individual wearing the Crescent Athletic club sweater.
Tillie Lamar was a hero on the field for Princeton College. In the 1885 championship of Princeton vs Yale in what became known as the “Lamar Game” he returned a 90 yard punt return to win the game in the last seconds. This play was one of the most notable of the 19th century as it was Princeton’s only win against Yale from 1879-1888.
This is one of my favorite individual player cabinets because I love the pose next to the prop Revolutionary War canon where the original is buried behind Nassau Hall.
