Football photographs
Scope and Contents note
Photographs that are not dated but estimated as taken in the late 1910’s, early 1920’s. Candid photos of football games against Southern Methodist University and team practices. Photograph of Tony Bell securing the first touchdown ever made against University of Texas, Oct. 17, 1917. Photograph of Owl athletes on the line practicing: Tony Bell, Fred Boetcher, Hal Heath, Eddie Dyer, Van Brown, Bo Pollard, Giant Duggan, Emmett McFarland, Lee Vilbig, Miller Alexander, and Ed Deprato, 1918. Posed photographs of Frank Gerlach, Eddie Dyer, Tony Bell, Fred Boetcher, Red Tatum, Nepos Harlan, Emmett McFarland, Miller Alexander, Geo Powell, Ed Deprato, and “Heavy” Underwood, circa 1918.
Dates
- Creation: 1915 - ca. 1960
Creator
- From the Collection: Ye Old College Inn (Houston, Tex.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This material is open for research.
Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.
Extent
From the Collection: 4 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu