Harvard-Princeton game – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Harvard-Princeton game. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Harvard-Princeton game
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Bain News Service, the New York agency whose glass negatives make up this part of the George Grantham Bain Collection, titled this picture "Harvard-Princeton game," though the record notes that the title comes from unverified data. The rivalry between the two universities dates to their first football meeting in 1876, and it drew large crowds and heavy press coverage for decades. The record gives no date or venue, so the exact match is unconfirmed. Bain's newsphotos from the early twentieth century often captured sporting events for newspaper readers who had no other way to see the action, which is worth keeping in mind when looking at the image.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,804 × 4,228 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-15944 |
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