Yale Fresh. 8 and Harvard Goat – Historic Reproduction
(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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A window into the past: Yale Fresh. 8 and Harvard Goat, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Yale Fresh. 8 and Harvard Goat
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Yale freshmen and a Harvard goat are the unusual subjects in this glass negative, which the record ties to the Bain News Service. The rivalry between the two universities produced many pranks in the early twentieth century, and mascot thefts were among the most famous. Harvard is in Cambridge, just across the Charles River from Boston, so the scene belongs to the same regional newspaper world that the board covers. The record gives no date, and the title comes from unverified caption notes, so the exact occasion remains uncertain. The Bain collection as a whole documents news events from roughly 1900 to the 1920s.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch four loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,791 × 4,234 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-17507 |
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