Vintage football find

[kjjavic]

Hello everyone. I wanted to share recent vintage football photographs I recently acquired.
The first photo is a 1893 football team photo. My research pointed me towards believing that this photo is of the Saint Ambrose College/Academy football team of Iowa. I have been in touch with the school, and they think I am correct.
The second is a 1919 African American team photo with C T S and the year 19 painted on the ball. Having a Philadelphia photographer stamp, and being an all African American team, I narrowed down this one to the Cheyney Training School. CTS was the name of Cheyney State for about 10 years prior to being named Cheyney State College in about 1920.

[34swtns]

Re: Vintage football find

Awesome peeks into the past. And weren't the footballs fat back then! Thank you very much for sharing those.

[slidekellyslide]

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The St Ambrose photo looks more like high school aged kids to me. There are some rough looking kids on that team, I bet they were tough.

Great photos. Thanks for sharing.

[kjjavic]

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Actually now that you mention it, the athletic director at the college told me in the 1880s and 1890s Saint Ambrose was both a college and an Academy (college prep school) and that most likely teams were a combination of college age and high school age players.

[kneerat]

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Are you willing to part with the african american football photo? is it an original? thanks it is awesome.

[kjjavic]

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Hello Kneerat,

I guess I would be willing to part with it although it is a favorite football photo of mine. It is definetly original. As you can see in the photo, it has a minor tear at the lower right corner. Also, seen in the photo, is a very small photo of 2 players and 1 African american gentleman between them. Email me at kjjavic@aol.com, I could possibly sell or trade it if you have something I might be interested in.

thanks
Keith