Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a close-up view of players during a rugby game, ca.1910. In the center, a man is holding a rugby ball around his arm he is wearing a striped shirt. A second man is extending his arms towards the ball he is dressed with a unicolor shirt. Several men are surrounding them who seem to be standing behind the man with the ball they are wearing either a striped shirt or a solid shirt. A crowd of people is observable in the background. Further in the back, a large building sitting on a hill can be seen behind a fence. The photograph may feature "an intercollegiate rugby game from the period of approximately 1910. For several years, USC did not play football but instead played rugby" -- a USC Digital Library Patron, December 4, 2015. Compares to CHS-42735 and CHS-42736
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
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