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Antique Football Photography
1894 Toulon Academy of Toulon Illinois Football Team Cabinet Photograph. The photograph shows a football team clad in laceup jacket style uniforms, with one player toting an extremely rotund early style football. The bottom of the cabinet has a period ink photographer notation reading: W. D. Barge, View Artist, Toulon Illinois. The team and players are identified with the help of an older newspaper article attached. This fantastic image measures 8 by 9 inches, and is in excellent condition. $200.00	Fantastic Circa Carlisle Indian School Football Team Cabinet Photograph with Coach Pop Warner & a young Charles "Chief" Bender.  Although the photo is undated, based on the players present, I believe it is the 1899 team.  This may be the earliest photo of baseball hall of famer, and legendary pitcher Chief Bender.  In addition to Warner and Bender, the other noteworthy players included are All American and College Hall of Famer Jimmy Johnson, Captain Martin Wheellock, Nikifer Shouchuk (an Eskimo player), and Frank Hudson (who some have called the greatest kicker in sport's history).  The photo is missing a portion of its paper on the left edge, but otherwise is very nice.  This great photo is housed in a custom, high quality frame measuring 21 inches by 14 inches, and the frame has museum quality UV protective glass.  A fantastic and historic photograph from a team which introduced many innovations to the game of football. Sold.	Spectacular Trio of Circa 1910 Buffalo New York area Professional Football Team Original Photographs.  The best of the group is an absolutely fantastic and massive team photograph in its original black wood frame (no longer contains glass).  The back of this frame has a label of a D.H. Coplon Buffalo area business. These photographs came within a group of photos that included the 1914 All Lancasters Professional Football team. I am uncertain of the identity of this particular team, but it could be an All-Lancasters team, or possibly a Buffalo Oakdales team.  The photograph shows an adult team posing with a large football trophy as well as a placard reading Champions of Western New York.  The frame of this huge photograph measures 27.5 by 23.5 inches. The additional 2 photographs are mounted on boards measuring 11 by 9 inches.  One of these additional photographs shows the team posing with the same championship trophy at a banquet.  The other shows the team posing in offensive formation.  A fantastic trio of early professional football team photographs. $600.00
Early 1920's Millville New Jersey Big Blue Professional Football Team Cabinet Photograph.   Millville was a New Jersey Professional Powerhouse team who compete with the best teams in the area.  A few years after this photo, the Millville squad included NFL legends Guy Chamberlain and Two Bits Homan. In 1926 the Millville Big Blue team traveled to Florida to play an exhibition football game versus the St Petersburg Cardinals (also known as the Tampa Cardinals); the Cardinals featured Native American legendary players Jim Thorpe and Pete Calac.  This photo came from a Millville New Jersey estate, and was identified as an early 1920's Millville Big Blue team by the Millville historical society.  The squad boasts some tough looking players, including a large Native American player in the left back row.  The photo is mounted to a grey board that measures 11 by 9 inches. Great early Pro Football team photo! $450.00	Circa 1910 Cleveland Area Football Team Panoramic Photograph.  This attractive photograph is housed in a 36.5 by 13 inch modern frame, complete with archival acid-free backing.  The photograph itself measures just under 31 inches by 7 inches.  This photograph was acquired from a Cleveland area estate, and is likely an early Ohio professional or semi-professional team, although the team's identity is at this point a mystery.  The players are donning matching striped jerseys and reeded pants, with the occasional flattop helmet and noseguard on display.  The photograph does exhibit some foxing and water staining along areas of its bottom edge.  These flaws do not detract much from the look of this great photograph, and this is one of the earliest panoramic football photographs I have handled. 400.00	Very Large 1933 University of Pennsylvania Football Captains Banquet Photograph with Invitation and Attendee Listing all matted in its Original Frame. The great photograph shows Penn Football Captains ranging from years 1885 to 1933, and included in the photo are Penn legends Bert Bell (the Philadelphia Eagles founding owner - listed as de Benneville Bell) and T. Truxton Hare.  The same initiation card, with its Penn crest, and gold foiled U of P football, can be seen sitting on the banquet table in front of one Captain. Each former player has a leather football sitting in front of him, and the banquet table itself resembles a large football field complete with goal posts. At its center appears to be a centerpiece of leather football helmets, footballs, and diecut photos of a player.  The frame measures 32 inches wide by 13.25 inches tall.  A spectacular early University of Pennsylvania Football piece housed in its original frame.   I wish I knew which Penn Captain owned this beauty. $300.00
1934 University of Detroit Freshman Football Team Panoramic Photograph with players wearing great Friction Strip style jerseys.  This attractive early photograph is housed in a non-original frame with double matting that measures 40 by 14.5 inches, with the viewable photograph's dimensions of 32.5 by 7 inches.  The vast majority of the player's are wearing attractive friction strip style jerseys, and each player and coach has had his name identified in photographer text.  The players are posed in front of stadium bleachers.  A great early football panoramic photograph. $350.00	1940 University of Pennsylvania Varsity Lightweight Football Team Panoramic photograph in its original frame.  This attractive photo is housed in its original frame measuring 34 inches long by 10 inches tall.  The photo was taken by the Philadelphia photographer Weintraub, and all of the players are identified, and the ivy league standings and scores are also noted in the upper left corner.  An attractive early Penn piece. $275.00	1903 Yale University Football Team Pach Bros Cabinet Photograph in its original frame.  This photograph came from the estate of Harold Metcalf who was a College All American for Yale in 1902 and 1903.  The photo shows Yale's very large team, with Captain Charles Rafferty at the center holding a melon football.  The photograph was taken by the famous Ivy League Photographer Pach Bros, and is housed in its original frame which measures 18.5 inches by 15.5 inches.   Very attractive early Yale Football photo. $350.00
Yale University Class of 1879 Trophy Collection G.W. Pach Cabinet Photograph with two trophy footballs on display.  This fantastic photo shows the large collection of trophies, trophy footballs, and banners won by the Yale Class of 1879.  This is a standard sized cabinet card, measuring 6.5  by 4.25 inches, and was taken by G.W. Pach, who would later form the well known Pach Brothers photography studio.  A fantastic looking early Yale University Cabinet photo. $250.00	Circa 1896 Cabinet Card Photograph of Wesleyan University Football Quarterback and Captain Robert P. Wilson, who would also go on to be the first coach of Wesleyan in 1898.   This is a standard sized cabinet card, measuring 6.5  by 4.25 inches, and was taken by Willis of Middletown, CT.  There is a period ink notation on the bottom of the cabinet that identifies Wilson as the Captain of the Wesleyan eleven.  A fantastic looking image with great clarity of Wesleyan's first football coach. $275.00	1892 Buchtel College Football Players Cabinet Photograph, with the players sporting post game bruises and bandaging, and posing with a broadside game advertisement.  The card has period ink, identifying the players as Steigmeyer and Kingsbury, and on the back reading "after Dennison game 1892, Score Buchtel 4 Dennison 0".  Consulting the book, 50 years of Buchtel, the 1892 football roster lists Steigmayer as Left Tackle, and Kingsbury as Halfback.  The year after this photograph, the Buchtel College football team would be coached by the legendary John Heisman.  Both players have multiple bandages and bruises on their face, showing the violence of the 19th century game, from a time period when helmets were not worn.  The photograph is mounted to a board measuring 4 1/8 by 5 1/8 inches, and the board has a slight warp to it.  A fantastic early Buchtel College football image. Sold.
1904 St. Bonaventure's University Football Team Cabinet Photograph.  This attractive photo is mounted to a board measuring 14 by 11 inches, which has a Whipple of Olean, New York photographer's mark in its lower right corner.  The captain of the team is holding a melon football which reads: St. Bona's 04.  The players are all wearing matching striped football sweaters with sewn on leather shoulder pads.  The cabinet has an interesting period inscription that reads: Find Our Mascot.  I studied the photo, and I cannot find a mascot, although there is perhaps an older gentleman in the back row wearing a football uniform - perhaps he is the mascot?  A very neat early St. Bonaventure's football team photo. $200.00	Circa 1900 to 1903 Yale University Action Football Photograph.  This photograph came from the estate of Harold Metcalf who was a College All American for Yale in 1902 and 1903.  The photograph resides in its original frame which measures 18 by 15.5 inches.  The photograph was taken by the famous Ivy League Photographer Pach Bros, with their mark on the lower right corner.  Great early action football photograph. $300.00	1919 Holmesburg 2nd team Philadelphia area Professional Football team cabinet photo.  The Holmesburg Football team was a powerhouse professional team, and was in fact the Professional Champions of Philadelphia in 1919 and 1920, competing against teams like the Frankford Yellowjackets and Phoenixville Union AC.  They were such a quality team, that they field a 2nd team which is the squad captured in this great cabinet photograph.  The cabinet measures 12 by 9 inches with the photo portion measuring 10 by 7.5 inches.  Great early pro football photo. $200.00
1916 Wilmington Chesrooks Professional Football Team Cabinet Photograph.  The Chesrooks team were known as the Champions of Delaware, and played against other pro teams like Holmesburgh and the Conshohocken AC.  The photograph has Chesrook Football and Champions 1916 in photographer's ink at its bottom.  The photo has a Royal of Wilmington Delaware photography mark and the board measures 14 by 12 inches.  Great early pro team cabinet photo. $250.00	1890's Kenyon College Football Player Cabinet Photo - $100	1902 Yale University Football Team Pach Bros Cabinet Photograph in its original frame.  This photograph came from the estate of Harold Metcalf who was a College All American for Yale in 1902 and 1903.  The photo shows Yale's very large team, with Captain George Chadwick at the center holding a melon football.  The photograph was taken by the famous Ivy League Photographer Pach Bros, and is housed in its original frame which measures 18.5 inches by 15.5 inches.   Very attractive early Yale Football photo. $350.00
1893 University of Pennsylvania Football Player Cabinet photo.  Great period football uniform and pose, and the photo is taken by prominent Philadelphia photographer Gilbert & Bacon. INV#0360 $200.00	Circa 1910 Wabash University Football Team Cabinet Photo with College Football Hall of Famer and Forward Pass Innovator Jesse Harper.  Harper is showing standing, wearing his University of Chicago sweater (where he played his college football).  Harper coached at Wabash from 1909 to 1912, before leaving to be the head coach of Notre Dame where he helped the put the Irish on the football map with his innovative use of the forward pass on a large scale.  At Notre Dame Harper also helped to mold his then player and later football legend Knute Rockne.  This photo came from the estate of Fred Ebert who played at Wabash from 1910 to 1912.  The photograph is mounted a board that measures 11 by 6.5 inches.  Great photo that has ties to the early history of the forward pass. $150.00	Circa 1890's Kansas area Football Player cabinet photograph.  The photo features a Claycenter, Kansas photographer blind stamp.  The player is donning a great lace up football vest and quilted pants.  I am unsure of the player's identification or team association, but wouldn't rule out the possible of him being a University of Kansas player.  A very attractive early football image. $80.00
1919 Wilmington Chesrooks Professional Football Team Cabinet Photograph.  The Chesrooks team were known as the Champions of Delaware, and played against other pro teams like Holmesburgh and the Conshohocken AC.  Their is a football posed in the forefront with Chesrook Champions 1919 painted on it.  The photo has a Royal of Wilmington Delaware photography mark and the board measures 14 by 12 inches.  Great early pro team cabinet photo. $250.00	1913 HillCrest Football Team of Wilmington Delaware Cabinet Photograph.  The team is posed in great early flattop style football helmets and some are sporting noseguards.  The player in the front row is holding a football with HillCrest '13 painted on it.  The board of this photo measures 14 by 12 inches, and features a Royal of Wilmington Delaware photographer mark.  Great early photo.  $130.00	Imperial Sized 1906 Penn Charter School Football Team Cabinet photo.  Penn Charter is a prestigious Philadelphia prep school, which nearly a century later produced NFL Quarterback Matt Ryan.  The board of this monster sized photo measures 22 by 18 inches, with the photograph measuring 13 by 10 inches.  The captain is holding a football painted 1906 Champions, and a trophy that in person you can make out an engraved football scene.  Fantastic large sized photo. $250.00
Circa 1910 Wabash University Football Team Cabinet Photo with College Football Hall of Famer and Forward Pass Innovator Jesse Harper.  Harper is showing standing, wearing his University of Chicago sweater (where he played his college football).  Harper coached at Wabash from 1909 to 1912, before leaving to be the head coach of Notre Dame where he helped the put the Irish on the football map with his innovative use of the forward pass on a large scale.  At Notre Dame Harper also helped to mold his then player and later football legend Knute Rockne.   This photo came from the estate of Fred Ebert who played at Wabash from 1910 to 1912.  The photograph is mounted to a board that measures 11 by 6 inches.  Great photo that has ties to the early history of the forward pass. $150.00	1909 Chesmar Football Team of Wilmington Delaware Cabinet Photograph.  The captain of the team is holding a football with 09 painted on it, and a Chesmar banner hangs behind them.  The photograph has a Royal Studio marking, and the board measures 14 by 12 inches. $125.00	Circa 1910 Wabash University Football Team Cabinet Photograph.  The photo shows the Wabash squad posing in their W sweaters and formal attire.  This photo came from the estate of Fred Ebert who played under College Football Hall of Famer Jesse Harper from 1910 to 1912.  The photograph is mounted to a board that measures 10 by 7 inches. $50.00
1896 Lenox College Football Team Cabinet Photograph with Dwarf Mascot.   Lenox College is located in Hopkinton, Iowa.  The photo features a well uniformed Lenox College team posed in various type of uniforms including lace-up jackets and vests, and cape style sweaters, and the captain is holding a football with '96 inked on it.  Posed in front of the team is a well dressed dwarf mascot who has a ribbon of some sort attached to his vest.  This photograph measures 8 by 10 inches, and does have some paper adhered to the upper left corner.   Great early photo.  $125.00	Circa 1901 to 1903 cabinet photograph of Princeton football player and College Hall of Famer John Dewitt.   This is a larger sized cabinet measuring 7.5 by 10 inches.   $140	1893 Doane College of Nebraska Cabinet Photograph.  Cabinet measures 8.5 by 6.5.  $150
Large Late 1890's Football Team Photograph.  This photo features a tough looking squad, with one of the players posing with a very bulbous melon football.  Some of the players are wearing uniforms adorned with the letter R.  The photo is attached to a board that measures 18 by 14 inches, and on the opposite side of the photo is attached a very large photographic portrait of a well dressed woman.  The identity of this team is a mystery, but it has a nice early look. $130.00	1931 Penn State University versus Lehigh University Football Game at Franklin Field Imperial Sized Action Scene Cabinet Photograph.  This very large photograph is mounted on 15.5 by 18.5 inch board, with the actual photo portion measuring 11 by 14 inches.  The unmistakable edifice of Franklin Field is clear in the background, with a Penn State Runner trying to evade would be Lehigh tacklers makes up the scene.  The scoreboard under magnification reads Lehigh versus Visitors.  On November 28 1931, Penn State and Lehigh squared off at Franklin Field, with PSU winning in a 31-0 shutout.  The board features no identifiers, but the scoreboard and Franklin Field aid to identify the game.  The image has great clarity which my photography fails to caption, and this is a fabulous early football action photograph. $225.00	Circa 1915-1920 Wilmington Chesrooks Professional Football Team Cabinet Photograph.  The Chesrooks team were known as the Champions of Delaware, and played against other pro teams like Holmesburgh and the Conshohocken AC.  Other than several players sporting C's on their sweaters, there are no Chesrook identifiers, but this photo came with the other 2 Chesrook photos shown above.  The photo has a Royal of Wilmington Delaware photography mark and the board measures 14 by 12 inches.  Great early pro team cabinet photo. $150.00
Circa 1905 United States Marines USS Kearsarge Football Team Cabinet photo.  This tough looking team features high quality uniforms, with M's on their chest, and 1 player donning a sweater with an ornate K which matches a 1904 USS Kearsarge football team photo that research uncovered.  This attractive photo is on a board measuring 12 by 10 inches, with the photo measuring 8.25 by 6 inches.  Great early photo. $140.00	1894 S.C.C. Football Team Cabinet photograph.  The team poses with a very bulbous melon football painted with S.C.C. '94.  This could denote South Carolina College, but there are no other clues to aid in identification.  Most of the players are sporting laceup smock jacket football uniforms.  This photo has beautiful clarity, and is in great condition measuring 9.5 by 7.5 inches.  Great early photo. $100.00	1908 Blair Academy of New Jersey Football Team Cabinet photograph in a period frame.  The team is posed in front of store front with a very interesting combination of advertisements hung in its windows:  2 different Spalding Sporting goods signs with several Cascarets Cathartic Candy and laxative signs.  What type of store would specialize in Sporting Goods and Laxatives?  Overall an attractive football team photo, with a player in the front row holding a football that has painted '08 and B.A. $125.00
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Large Panoramic Photograph of the 1924 Pottsville Maroons and their huge fan base in the stands of an Atlantic City Football Stadium.  The owner of the Maroons used this game and the Maroon's huge traveling fan base to launch Pottsville's entrance into the NFL the following season.  This enormous photo measures 45 inches long and just shy of 12 inches tall, and is housed in a period zebrawood frame.  The team is shown in the foreground of the photo, while the enormous group of fans sport a variety of Pottsville pennants/pins/ and even a sash.  This photograph came with football equipment from the estate of a player who played for Pottsville.  The two other examples of this photograph that I have come seen have had photographer printing with a caption describing the scene, while this one lacks this printing. My theory is that this is an early printing of the photograph (made to be given to the players), and the owner had some other versions made with the printing for sale and or to help with his application for NFL membership.  Fantastic looking piece of early pro-football history  SOLD	1886 Princeton University Football Team Pach Brothers Cabinet Photograph.  This great early photograph features outstanding clarity, and is an albumen image mounted to black Pach Brothers board, which still retains its gold gilded edging.  The photo features a young "Snake" Ames, seated at the far left of the middle row looking horizontally rather than forward.  Ames was a member of the first ever 1889 College All American Team, and also traveled with and played alongside Pudge Heffelfinger with the Chicago Athletic Association football team.  This beautiful image measures 8 by 10 inches, and is in excellent condition.  This great early Princeton photograph would be a welcome addition to any collection. Sold.	Mid to Late 1890's Football Team Cabinet Photograph.  This is a tough looking team, and is not composed of youngsters, but rather mature looking adult footballers.  Most of the team feature B's on their sweaters while two feature a D.  One of the players is holding what must surely be a Spalding No. 50 Style head harness, and 3 of the players are holding early melon style footballs.  The identity of this team is to this point a mystery, but research is ongoing, but an early pro team is a definite possibility.  The photograph is mounted to an very thin backing which measures 12 inches by 10 inches.  Great photo of a tough looking team.  Sold.
Circa 1899 Ed Rogers Carlisle Indian School Football Player Cabinet Photograph.  Ed Rogers was the captain of the Indians team, and later went on to be their coach as well as a College Hall of Fame Member.  His name is penciled on the back of the photograph (possibly an autograph).  Very nice image of an early College HOFer in period football uniform. Sold.	1904 University of Chicago Football team cabinet photo with a young legendary football coach Amos Alonzo Stagg included.  The photo was taken by the Martyn Studio of Chicago.  The board has been trimmed to near the edges of the photo, and the photo measures 8 by 10 inches.  Great early Stagg piece. INV#0237 SOLD	1891 Trinity College Football Players Carte de Viste (CDV) photo with players id'd on back.  Also notation presenting photo to player's "latest conquest" Miss Edith Ward. Sold.
Beautiful 1902 Yale versus Harvard Football Game Stadium Action Panoramic Style Photograph in original frame.  This beauty has period ink notations on the board of the photo reading Yale 23 - Harvard 0 Nov. 22 1902.  The photograph has a Burr - McIntosh photographer mark at the lower left corner.  The photo is housed in its original black frame (which has some minor paint loss in areas which could be touched up), which measures 31 inches by 19 inches, and retains its original wood slat backing.  The photo shows most of Yale Field, with both goal posts visible, with the players in the middle of gridiron action on the field.  This photograph came from the estate of Harold Metcalf who was a College All American for Yale in 1902 and 1903.  Overall a beautiful photograph that dates to the early days of one of the most heralded college football rivalries.  Sold.	1894 Large format Princeton Freshman Football Team Cabinet Photograph by the famous Ivy League Photographer Pach Bros.  This large photo measures 14 by 11 inches, and has gold gilding on the edges of the photo.  The majority of the players are wearing their Class of 1898 cape style sweaters, and the captain is holding a very bulbous melon football.  Fantastic early Princeton photo. Sold.	Circa 1900 African American Football Player Cabinet Photograph.  The photo features a college age African American football player clad in a lace up smock jacket and reeded football pants.  The cabinet features a fleur de lis gold decoration at the bottom of the mount, with no photographer information.  I have found online cabinet photographs with the exact style mount and fleur de lis, that feature a Baltimore Maryland photographer.  With that in mind, the athlete pictured could be a football player from Morgan State University, Bowie State University, or Coppin State University, which are all historically black colleges in the Baltimore Maryland area.  The mount for this photograph measures approximately 5 by 7 inches.  A fantastic early African American football image. INV#0592  Sold
Circa 1880's Beloit College of Wisconsin Football Cabinet Photograph - measures approx 4 by 5 inches. Shows team Captains both leaning on early blunt nosed melon ball  Sold.	Circa 1880's Beloit College of Wisconsin Football Cabinet Photograph - measures approx 4 by 5 inches. Great action pose with union suits and melon football  Sold.	Circa 1880's Beloit College of Wisconsin Football Cabinet Photograph - measures approx 4 by 5 inches. Great action pose with union suits and melon football  Sold.
Circa 1910 Cornell University Varsity Athletes photograph.  The photo features football, baseball, track, and crew athletes in various styles of Cornell athletic uniforms.  Attractive photo in its original frame. Sold.	1919 Cheyney Training School (later would become Cheyney University) African American Football Team Cabinet photo.  Measures approx 12x10.  Cabinet has tear lower right corner.  SOLD	Circa 1890's Crescent Athletic Club versus Princeton Action Football Scene Glass Slide.  The slice is entitled Princeton man hurt.  The slide is in very nice condition and measures about 4 by 3 inches. INV#0313 Sold.
1900 Beautiful Melon Football Shaped Diecut Football Team Photograph.  The exact identity of this team is a mystery, but I believe it has a connection to the Latrobe area.  The bearded gentleman in formal attire very well may be the early professional football manager and promoter Dave Berry.  A player in the center of the photo is holding a football with the lettering L.S.-P on it as well as the year '00.  Research has not been able to ascertain the what these initials stand for.  The Latrobe Steel Company did take over the Latrobe YMCA (whom organization who fielded Latrobe's early pro football teams) at the turn of the century, so perhaps the LS stands for Latrobe Steel, but how does the P fit in?  Dave Berry was known for his formation of all star teams, so this could also be a blend of teams.  With all this theorizing aside, this a very attractive diecut football team photograph.  Sold.	1899 Carlisle Indians Cabinet Photo - Martin Wheelock - Carlisle Captain and Camp All-American SOLD	1903 Yale University Athletic Team Captains Pach Bros Cabinet Photograph in its original frame.  This photograph came from the estate of Harold Metcalf who was a College All American for Yale in 1902 and 1903.  The photo shows 4 of Yale's Athletic Captains including football, baseball, track and rowing, with 1903 football team Captain Charles Rafferty shown.  The photograph was taken by the famous Ivy League Photographer Pach Bros, and is housed in its original frame which measures 18.5 inches by 15.5 inches.   Very attractive early Yale photo. Sold.
Circa 1880's Phillips Andover School Football Team Albumen Photograph.  This great photo shows the team clad in laceup smock vests decorated with large PA letters, with several of the players donning skull caps.  The photo is mounted on a light colored board which measures 9 inches by 7 inches.  There is a name notation and Massachusetts location written on back.  Great early Andover football photo. Sold.	1898 Allegheny Athletic Association Football Team Cabinet Photo in its original frame.  One of the players is holding a melon football with Champions "98" painted on it.  Another player has a large white dog draped with a blanket that reads AAA mascot.  The photo resides in its original oak frame that measures 20.5 by 18.5 inches, with the matted portion of the photo measuring 9.5 by 7.5 inches.  A great looking photo. Sold.	1904 Keystone Academy (now known as Keystone College) Football Team Cabinet Photograph with great equipment and a mascot pig displayed.  This photo was taken only about 5 years after Christy Mathewson attended and played football at Keystone.   Many of the players are wearing great sewn on leather shoulder and elbow pads, as well as sporting noseguards and great helmets including an early 4 spoke helmet.  One of the players is holding a football painted with K.A. '04, and there is a huge Keystone banner in the background.  The photo has a Manchester of Factoryville PA photography mark, and the board measures 14 by 11 inches.  Great looking photo.  Sold.
1899 Carlisle Indians Cabinet photo of player John Warren Sold.	1895 Tuft's University Imperial Sized Football Team Albumen Photograph.  This great looking photo features the Tufts squad in great period uniforms including a variety of amazing caped sweaters.  The photo was identified as Tufts with the help of an early Spalding guide and Tuft's digital archives.  The photo measures 13 inches by 11 inches, and features a small area of paper loss at the top of the image (luckily not affecting any of the players) and minor surface abrasions.  The photo has exceptional clarity and overall it is a great early team photograph. Sold.	Fantastic 1893 Football team albumen photograph with a large bulbous melon ball displayed.  This photo shows roughing look squad, some with black eyes, clad in various type of 19th century football uniforms, including lace up smock vests and jackets.  With SA present on some of the union suits, this photo is believed to be the 1893 Saint Ambrose University of Davenport Iowa Football Team.  This photograph is mounted to a light board, and measures 9.5 by 6.5 inches.  One of my favorite 19th century photos - just a fantastic look. Sold.
Turn of the century Small (close to CDV) sized cabinet photo of 2 players of the Empire AC Football team (pro/semipro team of NY) - Great batwing noseguard and melon football shown -No Longer Available.	1899 Cuban Football Player Cab. Photo KSNS - Now Kutztown University. Sold.	1888 Concord NH Football Team photograph - Great early uniforms and very round melon shaped ball.   Measures approx 6 x 9.  Photo framed with custom mount with photographer info visible.   No Longer Available.
1939 University of Pennsylvania Football Team Panoramic Photograph in its original frame.  This superb photo measures 37.25 inches wide, by 10.5 inches tall.  The photograph shows the entire Penn football squad lined up shoulder to shoulder, with the coaching staff standing behind.  The coaching staff includes U of P coaching legend George Munger as well Ray Crowther who was an early professional football star, playing for the Frankford Yellowjackets.  Crowther would also go on to invent the football blocking sled.  The photograph has all of the players identified in photographer's ink, as well as below each player in white ink.  The photograph is housed in its original wood frame, and has a Snellenberg Company sticker on its reverse.  This very attractive panoramic would fit well in any early football collection. Sold.	Circa 1895 Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery Football Team Imperial Sized Cabinet Photograph.  What a group of debonair football players in this photograph - is that a Tom Cruise ancestor with the handlebar moustache standing next to the man in the top hat?  On a more serious note, the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, later became part of the University of Pennsylvania.  The captain holding the football which is painted with PCDS on it, is named Peralta, and he was a member of the 1893 University of Pennsylvania football team, and in fact is wearing his Penn P sweater in this photograph.  The team is posed with a large dog mascot (perhaps a Rhodesian Ridgeback), and area wearing varying types of 19th century football uniforms including lace up jackets and vest, as well as cape style sweaters.  The board of this large photograph measures 15 by 12 inches, and features a Gilbert Studios (a famous Penn photographer) mark.  Several of the players including Captain Peralta are identified in period pencil.  A great looking early football photograph. Sold.	Stunning 1938 University of Nebraska Football Team Panoramic Photograph.  This attractive Nebraska photo is housed in an original period frame, which has had its glass cleaned, and resealed with archival acid-free backing.  The frame of this photograph measures 43.5 inches by 8.5 inches, with the viewable photograph portion measuring 41.5 by just under 6 inches.  All of the players and coaches are identified in white photographer text, including the Head Coach Biff Jones.  The photograph also has present a Hale photographer mark, as well as a U of N Football Squad 1938 notation.  The team is lined up shoulder to shoulder with University of Nebraska's Memorial Stadium in the background.  This is a fantastic photograph and a great piece of Nebraska football history. Sold.
1892 and 1893 Dual Framed University of Pennsylvania Football Team Cabinet Photographs.  This beautiful original 19th century frame, features faded painted Penn crossed flags at its top, and very faded U and P at on its lower portion.  The photograph on the left side of the frame, is an albumen image of the 1892 University of Pennsylvania Varsity Football team, with Charles Schoff as captain.  The photograph on the right side is the 1893 University of Pennsylvania Medical school football team.  This beautiful photographic display originates from the estate of Dr Charles Schoff, who played football at Penn from 1890 to 1893,  graduating from their Medical school in 1893, and then practicing medicine in Media, Pennsylvania.  Schoff played alongside John Heisman at Penn during the 1890 and 1891 seasons, before becoming the 1892 captain.  The images both have beautiful clarity, and as you can see in the above photo, the large bulbous melon football in the right photo has '93 MED. painted on it.  One of the players on the Medical school team photo, has DS on the Penn P on his sweater, undoubtedly indicating he was a member of Penn's Dental School.  The frame measures 38 inches wide by 17 inches wide, and is in beautiful condition with its original wood slat backing.  A fabulous pair of University of Pennsylvania photographs housed in their original frame where they have likely resided for over 120 years. Sold.	1922 Penn State Football Team Photograph in its original frame.  This photograph originated from the estate of Penn State athletics star and Pottsville Maroons professional football player Barney Wentz.  This photograph is housed in its original attractive frame measuring 13.5 inches wide by 7 inches tall.  The captain is holding a football painted with State 1922, and Barney Wentz is located in the back row.  A great early piece of Penn State Football memorabilia. Sold.	1909 Carlisle Indian School Football Team Real Photo Postcard.  This fantastic RPPC features the Carlisle football squad in the turtleneck sweaters with C on their chest.  The captain holding the football in the foreground is Joseph Libby.  Libby was one of the two teammates with whom Jim Thorpe left Carlisle during a summer to play baseball in South Carolina; an act that would later result in Thorpe losing his Olympic medals.  The postcard is postally unused and features a Artura stampbox.  The postcard is in beautiful condition. Sold.
Late 1880's Cabinet Photograph of member of first ever Walter Camp's All American team in 1889:  Harvard's James Lee.  The photo shows Lee posing with a bulbous melon football, and sporting his moleskin vest with the Harvard H on the right chest area.  Pictured below the photo, is a scanned page from the book "The H Book of Harvard Athletics", which shows the 1888 Harvard football team, with Lee in the upper right corner.  Also, you can see several players in the image with the small H on the right chest of their vests.  Unfortunately the board onto which the photo is mounted was trimmed at some point.  The photo was likely taken by the famous Pach Bros, but the trimming makes this impossible to know.  The photo measures 4 by 6 inches, and has very nice clarity.  Lee was joined by many legendary names of early football history on Camp's 1889 All American team including Amos Alonzo Stagg, Edgar Allen Poe, and Pudge Heffelfinger.  A great rare early Harvard Football photograph. Sold.	1882 Yale College Football Champions Albumen Team Photo with Football Legend Walter Camp.  This captain in this photo is R. Tompkins, and he is holding a very bulbous melon football with Champion 1882 inscribed on it.  Walter Camp, often referred to as the "Father of American Football" is standing on the far right in the back row of the image, donning his Yale Y sweater.  This photograph measures 9 by 6 inches.  The photo does have a triangular section of the upper right corner, and a small square portion of the lower right corner missing.  These areas have been repaired with an amateur restoration, however the photo displays quite well.  Above I show a in identified version of this photo from a book in my reference library.  A great early football photo containing a great early image of Walter Camp. Sold.	1926 Massilon Ohio "Smoke House" Semi-Pro Football Team Panoramic Photograph.  This great looking photo is housed in a period frame, which measures just over 33 inches long, by 9.25 inches tall.  The photo has the names all of the players, in addition to the team Doctor, water boy, Coaches, Backers, etc, identified below their respective images in photographers ink.   A great looking 1920's panoramic photo. Sold.
Outstanding 1910 to 1911 Centre College of Danville Kentucky Panoramic Style frame with Basketball, Football and Baseball team photos.  This is a large framed piece measuring just over 32 inches long by 12 inches tall.  The frame holds photos of the 1911 Centre Basketball with Captain W. Seelbach, the 1910 Centre Football team with captain L. Weelbach and Coach Banks, and the 1910 Centre Baseball team with Captain Vinson and Coach Banks.  There is an embossed photographers mark on the board reading E.H. Cassaday, Danville, KY.  These photos predate the Centre College Legend Bo McMillin by about 5 years.  The basketball team dons C on their sleeveless jerseys, and are wearing longer football style pants which was the standard at that time.  The baseball team is wearing cadet style jerseys with C on their shoulders, and some of the players are wearing beautiful double button jackets decorated with same C.   I will include images from period Centre College yearbooks, which have all of the players identified.   A fantastic framed trio of Centre College sports photographs. Sold	1901 Syracuse University Football Captain Lynn Wyckoff Cabinet Photograph.  This attractive photo features Wyckoff posing in his turtleneck sweater and reeded pants, with a melon football laying in front of him with the year 1901 painted on it.  The cabinet has a Syracuse blindstamped photographer mark, and on the reverse Wyckoff is identified.  The photograph is mounted to a 5 by 10 inch mount, which has some minor chipping in some areas.  Overall a great early Syracuse football photo. Sold.	Late 1890's Pittsfield A.C. Pro or Semi-Pro Imperial Sized Football Team Cabinet Photograph.  This photo shows an adult team posed in their lace up vests and jackets, and the captain is toting a bulbous melon football.  The players on back are identified by name and position in period pencil.  One of the players (the player in glasses) is identified as O'Hearn, and he undoubtedly is George O'Hearn, who grew up in Pittsfield, then played at U.Mass, before becoming the head football coach at the University of Massachusetts and William & Mary (see the headshot of O'Hearn a little later in life above).  The Pittsfield Athletic Club played the University of Massachusetts in 1895 and several subsequent years.  A great looking early team photograph recently discovered in Massachusetts. INV#1289 Sold.
Very Large 1908 U.S.S Mississippi Naval Football Team Photographic Pinback.   This beauty measures just over 6.5 inches wide, and 4.5 inches tall.  While I call it a pinback, this piece has 4 metal clasps on back rather than a pin.  Oversized photographic pinbacks are very rare, and this is a beauty.  This tough looking Navy football team features turtleneck sweaters wtih sewn on shoulder pads.  Great early team photo on a very rare medium. Sold	Circa 1900 Cascadilla School of Ithaca, New York Football Team Imperial Sized Framed Cabinet Photograph.  The Cascadilla School is a preparatory school for Cornell University.  This large photo is housed in its original wood frame which measures just under 22 by 18 inches.   The photograph features great clarity, and the captain is holding a bulbous melon football with CS painted on it.  This photo came from the estate of Harold Grant Metcalf, who went onto to play football and baseball at Yale.  A great early football image. Sold	Very Rare Circa 1890 Gem Sized Football Player Tintype.  Football tintypes are much rarer than their baseball counterpart, and this is the first I've handled in 15 years.  The image shows a young player, donning heavy quilted pants, a lace up vest, and toting a large melon football under his right arm.  It measures 1.5 inches tall but slightly over 1 inch wide.  Although diminutive in size, this is a rare opportunity to own a football player tintype photograph Sold.
Spectacular Oversized Original Photograph of the 1926 Pottsville Maroons NFL Football Team including the legendary Tony Latone.  The photo shows the Maroons posing in their uniforms with matching heavy sweaters, and was taken the season following their 1925 championship season, which was stripped by the NFL for the playing of unapproved exhibition game versus the 4 Horsemen of Notre Dame.  The photo is housed in a frame measuring 23 by 15.5 inches, and the area of the photograph visible inside the mount measures 17.5 by 9.25 inches.  The photograph exhibits some very minor vertical cracking at its left edge, and has a very small tear that has a yellowed period tape application at its very right edge.  The photograph includes the hulking runningback Tony Latone, Penn State's Barney Wentz, Russ Hathaway, Herb Stein, George Kenneally, Duke Osborne, and more.  Original photographs of 1920's NFL teams are exceedingly scarce and this is a fantastic example. Sold Pending Payment	Great 1898 Imperial Sized Milton Academy Football Team Cabinet photo.  Milton is a very prestigious college prep school close to Boston.  This large photo is mounted to a tan board measuring 20 by 16 inches, and the board features a Partridge of Boston photographer mark.  The team shows great early equipment including noseguards, sewn on shoulder pads, as well as cape style football sweaters.  The captain is holding a football with M.A.A. 98 painted on it.  Just a great looking very large 19th century football photo.  Sold.	Great Circa 1910 St Paul's School of Concorde New Hampshire Football photograph.  This amazing photo must have 100 or more students all clad in various arrays of football uniforms and helmets.  There are 3 very large pennants in the photo denoting Old Hundred, Delphian, and Isthmian.  The athletes of St Paul's school are separated in these three clubs, and they compete with each other.  This photo was taken during or just after the time of Hockey legend Hobey Baker's time at St Paul's School, and since the photo is undated, and the multitudes of players present, make any comment on his inclusion mere speculation.  Overall a fantastic image measuring 16 inches wide by 9 inches tall.  One of my favorite aspects of this unique photo are the numerous players perched upon awnings and rooftops. Sold.
Circa 1926 Haskell Indian School Football Team Photograph including football legend John Levi.  John Levi was one of the finest football players of his day, and in fact Jim Thorpe stated that Levi was the greatest athlete he had ever seen.  Levi was an Arapaho Indian, who was a multi-sport star at the Haskell Indian School, and also went on to play professional baseball in the New York Yankees organization.  This photo is a silver gelatin photograph and measures 7 by 11 inches, and does have some areas of chipping and paper loss.  Sold	1912 Jim Thorpe Carlisle Indian School Olympic Champion Track themed postcard.  This post card was produced by the Hensel Studio, which was a leading photography studio in Carlisle Pennsylvania, and was likely produced as Thorpe was receiving worldwide acclaim from his 1912 Olympic performance.  The postcard features a great image of Thorpe about to start a race.  The image has an area of paper loss that has been stabilized with vintage tape on its reverse.  The post card was never postally used, and is a great early Jim Thorpe piece. Sold	Massive 1919 Harvard versus Yale Action Stadium Scene Panoramic Photograph in its original burl wood style frame.  This is a very large style panoramic measuring 52.5 inches wide by 18.5 inches tall.  The photo depicts Harvard stadium, with amazing clarity and resolution.  The photo was taken by L.C. Grant of Boston Massachusetts.  The photograph also has the score, Harvard 10 Yale 3, in attractively marked by the photographer.  A great looking early football photograph that is very impressive in person. INV#1237 Sold.
1916 Georgetown University Large Football Team Photographer with Coach and former Carlisle Indian School Football star Albert Exendine, as well as several pro football players pictured.  The team includes Captain Dan O'Conner who would go on to play professionally with the Canton Bulldogs and the Cleveland Tigers.  Two other players in the photo also played for Canton and Cleveland: Johnny Gilroy and Tom Whelan.  This was a very strong Georgetown compiling a 9-1 record bending the strong coaching of Exendine.  While coaching at Georgetown, Exendine was simultaneously earning his law degree at Dickinson.  The photo is housed in its original frame. measuring 21.5 inches wide by 13.5 inches tall.  This photograph is a fantastic piece of early Georgetown football memorabilia. Sold.	Circa 1900 University of North Carolina Football Player Cabinet Photograph.  This photo features a UNC player donning his NC emblazoned turtleneck sweater.  The photo is an attractive oval shape, mounted to a black board measuring 5 by 8.25 inches.  A great antique University of North Carolina photograph. Sold	Fantastic 1888 Lehigh University Football Team Imperial Sized Cabinet Photograph.   This great image measures 13 by 10.5 inches, and has had an older restoration to a crack on the lower right portion of the photograph.  The image has all of the players identified on both the lower portion of the front as well as on the back of the board.  The top of the photo has the following notation:  Lehigh University Foot Ball Team Season - 1888.  The players are donning assorted types of lace up vests, lace up jackets and sweaters, and several of the players are wearing skull caps.  A fantastic looking 1880's football image. Sold.
	1895 United States Military Academy - Army Football Team Cabinet Photo.  This beautiful early West Point photo was done by the famous Pach Bros Photographer.  This board of this image measures 8 by 10 inches, and the image has very nice clarity.  The players are adorned in a wide variety of USMA sweaters and laceup vests.  This photograph came with another larger format photograph of the same team (already sold) that was dated on its reverse as 1895.  The same captain was shown in both photographs, and he is identified as King in the book:  Black Knights of West Point.  A beautiful early West Point Football photograph. Sold.	Circa 1906 to 1909 United States Naval Academy Football Player Cabinet Photograph.  The pictured player is William A. Richardson, and you find several items from his estate on my website.  The board of this photograph measures 6.5 by 4.5 inches, and features a Maryland Avenue of Annapolis photographer mark.  The name of the photographer is partially obscured by a broken lower left corner, but the name ends with "ffham".  The image has strong clarity, and shows Richardson holding his moleskin and leather flattop helmet.  Richardson earned an honorable mention in Walter Camp's 1907 All American list, and went on to coach the Naval Academy Football team.  Sold.