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[Princeton student, with letter P on sweater, half-length, standing, facing left, holding football(?), with Princeton University behind him] / John E. Sheridan. – Vintage Wall Art

[Princeton student, with letter P on sweater, half-length, standing, facing left, holding football(?), with Princeton University behind him] / John E. Sheridan., Wash., D.C. : Andrew B. Graham, photo-litho., c1901. — vintage poster
[Princeton student, with letter P on sweater, half-length, standing, facing left, holding football(?), with Princeton University behind him] / John E. Sheridan., Wash., D.C. : Andrew B. Graham, photo-litho., c1901.. Vintage poster from the Sports collection.

(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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This rare vintage poster captures [Princeton student, with letter P on sweater, half-length, standing, facing left, holding football(?), with Princeton University behind him] / John E. Sheridan. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Princeton student, with letter P on sweater, half-length, standing, facing left, holding football(?), with Princeton University behind him] / John E. Sheridan.

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A Princeton student in a sweater bearing a block letter P stands before the university in this color poster, printed in Washington, D.C., around 1901. The football he may be holding is hard to make out, but the letter sweater signaled an athlete who had earned a place on a team, which made him a fitting face for a promotional piece. Andrew B. Graham's photo-lithography shop produced many posters like this at the turn of the century, when colleges used striking images of students to attract attention. John E. Sheridan made the photograph, and the Potomac Press held its copyright.

Created / publishedWash., D.C. : Andrew B. Graham, photo-litho., c1901.
Medium1 print (poster) : color.
GenrePosters American 1900-1910.Prints Color 1900-1910.
NotesPromotional goal: U.S. K3. 1901. Copyright by Potomac Press.
SubjectsPrinceton University--Sports--1900-1910. Football players--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,128 × 1,463 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-217109

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