Boys playing football on a city park lawn – Vintage Print
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A window into the past: Boys playing football on a city park lawn, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Boys playing football on a city park lawn
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Football in 1909 looked nothing like the game people watch today, and this scene of boys on a city park lawn captures that earlier world. Organized play on public grounds was taking off in American cities at the time, as reformers pushed for supervised playgrounds and open green spaces where children could play away from crowded streets. Boston, with its many parks and growing immigrant neighborhoods, was one of the places where these efforts took hold. The picture is worth a closer look for its clothing, the open lawn, and the informal rough-and-tumble of a game played with few rules and little equipment.
| Created / published | 1909 |
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| Original scan | 5,000 × 3,531 px · prints to 17 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 23. Amateur Football on the Boston Common Location Boston, Massachusetts. c. 1909 |
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