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Crowd of spectators at a stadium football game – Antique Print

Crowd of spectators at a stadium football game — historic image
Crowd of spectators at a stadium football game. Historic image from the Sports collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

Description

This rare historic image captures Crowd of spectators at a stadium football game in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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Crowd of spectators at a stadium football game

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The stadium crowd here is the real subject, rather than the game on the field. Packed into rows of wooden or concrete stands, the spectators lean forward and crowd the aisles, a reminder of how football drew enormous audiences in the early twentieth century. Gatherings like this one turned college and professional games into major public events, with tickets, newspaper coverage and ballpark-style crowds becoming part of the American weekend. Looking closely at the faces and hats can tell you a good deal about the fashions and everyday life of the era.

Original scan5,264 × 4,216 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference12686u coolidge at army navy

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