Wouldn't this tire you ?--Novel auto-tire dance limbers up this year's Army football team – Historic Reproduction
![Wouldn't this tire you ?--Novel auto-tire dance limbers up this year's Army football team, [between 1900 and 1930(?)] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a9/a9d0126b07bb-L.webp)
(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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Wouldn't this tire you ?--Novel auto-tire dance limbers up this year's Army football team comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Wouldn't this tire you ?--Novel auto-tire dance limbers up this year's Army football team
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Cadets at West Point, the U.S. Military Academy in New York, pose in this print, which carries the caption "Wouldn't this tire you?" The joke is in the title: an "auto-tire dance" meant to loosen up the Army football squad. Teams of this era often relied on unusual drills for conditioning, and using automobile tires as equipment reflects how quickly motor vehicles were entering everyday life in the early twentieth century. The photograph shows the athletes' effort at a moment when training methods were still experimental.
| Created / published | [between 1900 and 1930(?)] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900-1930. |
| Notes | No. S/1982B5. |
| Subjects | United States Military Academy--Sports--1900-1930. Football--New York (State)--West Point--1900-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,268 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-204422 |
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