This is a hand colored lantern slide showing the eleven members, in uniform, of Springfield College’s 1890 football team (known as "Stagg's Eleven" or "Stubby Christians"). They are outside and either standing, sitting, or kneeling near a fence, a large rock, and two trees. The top row left to right shows W. J. Kellar, James A. Naismith (inventor of Basketball), J. P. Smith, D. W. Corbett, W. O. Black, and W. H. Barton. The bottom row, left to right, shows W. C. McKee, F. N. Seerley, Amos Alonzo Stagg (the captain), A. E. Garland, and W. H. Ball. In this picture, Naismith does not have the mustache that he was so famous for. To learn more about Dr. James Naismith, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/645 For more information on Amos Alonzo Stagg, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/661. There is a duplicate photograph of this lantern slide, see: http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/2632
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