Hillsboro Football Team, 1897 or 8

Title

Hillsboro Football Team, 1897 or 8

Description

Fourteen men pose before a brick wall, seven seated on a bench, four on the ground before them and three standing behind them. All wear knickers, dark or ribbed socks, and ankle-high laced up shoes. Several wear dark turtlenecks; five wear tightly laced, light-colored long-sleeved shirts; one wears a vest laced over a dark, long-sleeved shirt. One man on the bench wears a cap with a brim. a man reclining on the ground holding a football also wears a Tam o'Shanter. On the matting below the image is written in black ink: 'Foot Ball Team, Hillsboro, Oregon 1897 or 8.'
1897 or 8. Back row: Dor. Waggoner, Gus Patterson, Clyde Reeves, Middle: A.C. Shute, Thos H. Tongue, Jr., John Moore, Chas. Mitchell, John Gault, Klineman, John Connell. 3rd row: Frank Stewart, John W. Bailey, Adrian Merryman, Lying down in front: E. Burk Tongue. Foot Ball Team, Hillsboro, Oregon. Back row: Don? Waggener, Gus Patterson, Clyde Reeves, Middle: Art Shute, Thomas H. Tongue, Jr., John Moore, Charles Mitchell, John Gault, ? Klinaman, John Connell 3rd row: Frank Stewart, John Baily, Adrian Merryman, Lying down in front: E. Burk Tongue.

Date Created

circa 1897-1998

Medium

photographic prints

Language

English

Identifier

WCMpic_000040

Rights

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Type

Still Image

Collection