Football

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philadelphia Record

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pennsylvania Military College (Chester, Pa.).

A.G. Spalding & Bros. (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

Football players.

Athletes.

Sporting goods.

Football.

Sporting goods industry--New York--Brooklyn.

Local Subjects:

Football players.

Athletes.

Sporting goods.

Football.

Sporting goods industry--New York--Brooklyn.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of the Philadelphia Record

Physical Description:

76 photoprints : silver gelatin; 74 photoprints 11"x 17" or smaller

Place of Publication:

1925-1946

Summary:

Depicts various aspects of football, from midget football to high school and college football, to football played on a professional level. Contains many images of the team at the Pennsylvania Military College in Chester. Includes training, coaching, and the Lambert trophy. Also documents developments in football uniforms and equipment, as well as the manufacture of footballs at A. G. Spalding & Bros. in Brooklyn. Oversize is seperated into categories of Army/Navy, College, High School and Professional.

These subject entries for the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photo morgue are primarily for Places (buildings, parks, streets, etc.), Things (Bicycles, Bison, Blind Persons [just sampling the B's]), Events (Democratic National Convention 1936, Flourtown Fair, Harvest Week) and Social Constructs (Home Economics, City Planning, Eating & Drinking, etc.). Each of these subjects became a MARC record which included a call number. In the case of these records, the call numbers are the actual folder numbers for the materials referenced. Therefore, these subject headings are really also an index for this section of the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photograph morgue. [The name section of the Philadelphia Record photo morgue represents individuals, A-Z, and

Notes:

Part of the Philadelphia Record Photograph Collection; for general information, see collection record.