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Western Championship, Chicago - Michigan at Marshall Field, Chicago, attendance, 27,000 – Vintage Wall Art

Western Championship, Chicago - Michigan at Marshall Field, Chicago, attendance, 27,000, c1905. — historic photograph
Western Championship, Chicago - Michigan at Marshall Field, Chicago, attendance, 27,000, c1905.. Historic photograph from the Chicago collection.

(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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Step back in time with Western Championship, Chicago - Michigan at Marshall Field, Chicago, attendance, 27,000, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Western Championship, Chicago - Michigan at Marshall Field, Chicago, attendance, 27,000

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Few pictures of early college football show the whole crowd at once, and this panoramic print does. It records the Western Championship game between the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago at Marshall Field, where the record gives an attendance of about 27,000. Panoramic views like this were a specialty of the Chicago firm George R. Lawrence Co., which registered the photograph for copyright in December 1905. Its long, narrow format lets you see the stands packed along the sidelines and the sheer scale of a crowd that had come to see the Big Ten's leading teams compete in the Midwest's major football rivalry.

Created / publishedc1905.
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 8.5 x 19.5 in.
GenrePanoramic photographs.Gelatin silver prints.
NotesH69546 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; December 6, 1905; DLC/PP-1905:42780.21. Copyright claimant's address: 274 Wabash Ave., Chicago.
SubjectsFootball. Stadiums. University of Chicago--Sports. University of Michigan--Sports.United States--Illinois--Chicago.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,293 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-204816

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