Springfield College Football Team (1890)

Item Information

Title:
Springfield College Football Team (1890)
Description:
This lantern slide, "Springfield College Football Team (1890)," shows the eleven members, in uniform, of Springfield College’s 1890 football team (known as "Stagg's Eleven"). 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. The digitized image is cropped and the acutal lantern slide shows this photograph propped upright. For colorized lantern slide of this image, see: http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/2651; For photgraph of this image, see: http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/2632
Date:
1890
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
Lantern Slide Collection
Subjects:
International Young Men's Christian Association Training School (Springfield, Mass.)
Springfield College--Faculty
Springfield College--Sports
Springfield College
Springfield College--Football
Springfield College--Sports--Men
Keller, William J.
Naismith, James, 1861-1939
Smith, John P.
Corbett, David W.
Black, Walter O.
Barton, William Henry
McKee, William C.
Seerley, Frank N.
Stagg, Amos Alonzo, 1862-1965
Garland, Albert E.
Ball, William Henry
Football
Lantern slides
Group portraits
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/3262
Terms of Use:
Text and images are owned, held, or licensed by Springfield College and are available for personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that ownership is properly cited. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of Springfield College, Archives and Special Collections. Any commercial use without written permission from Springfield College is strictly prohibited. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, Springfield College may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The publishing, exhibiting, or broadcasting party assumes all responsibility for clearing reproduction rights and for any infringement of United States copyright law.
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Language:
English
Identifier:
LS_09_55