Carlisle substitutes on bench, Carlisle Polo Grds. – Vintage Print
(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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Carlisle substitutes on bench, Carlisle Polo Grds. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Carlisle substitutes on bench, Carlisle Polo Grds.
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Players waiting on the sideline at the Carlisle polo grounds show a part of a game that photographs rarely captured: the reserves who went in when starters needed relief. The record gives only the title, so the team is not named with certainty, but "Carlisle" most likely refers to the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, whose football squad was one of the best-known college teams of the era and played on grounds near the campus. The 1909 date falls in a period when football was rough and new rules were being debated, and the school's program drew wide attention for its results. The Bain News Service, which made the negative, was a commercial photo agency that supplied newspapers with pictures of current events.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,854 × 4,297 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-5576 |
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