Philadelphia Army - Navy game, Pennsylvania, 1908 – Antique Photo 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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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Philadelphia Army - Navy game, Pennsylvania, 1908. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: [Army - Navy football game, Nov. 28, 1908]
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Philadelphia Army - Navy game, Pennsylvania, 1908
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Philadelphia in 1908 was one of the largest industrial cities in the United States, with more than a million and a half residents, and its factories, including the Baldwin Locomotive Works and the Cramp shipyard, turned out goods that shipped across the country. That year the annual Army-Navy football game was held in Philadelphia, where the rivalry between the United States Military Academy at West Point and the Naval Academy at Annapolis drew cadets, midshipmen, alumni, and local crowds to the University of Pennsylvania's Franklin Field. For many Philadelphians the game was a major autumn event, bringing visiting officers, families, and fans into the city's streetcar lines, hotels, and restaurants. The photograph captures a sporting occasion that was also a civic and social gathering, one that linked a growing industrial city to the service academies and to the national pride that surrounded them.
| Created / published | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Pennsylvania |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,566 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | [Army - Navy football game, Nov. 28, 1908] |
| Reference | PA Philadelphia Army - Navy game, 1908 |
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