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Boston College football team, running in place at the first practice, Brighton, Mass., 1925

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1925

GUSN

GUSN-172407

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Description

The Boston College Eagles football players train on a football field next to Gasson Hall and Devlin Hall on the Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts campus. Arranged in rows, a coach leads them in a running in place exercise. The bell tower of Gasson Hall can be seen behind the football field.

Details

Descriptive Terms

colleges (buildings)
teams
universities (buildings)
football (sports)
running (physical activity)
campuses
Collegiate Gothic
students
bell towers
sports
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Inscription

123

Additional Identification Number

Digital ID 000084

Physical Description

1 photographic print : black-and-white

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0430.0090.001

Places

Chestnut Hill (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Brighton (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967 (Photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Subjects

football players
football uniforms
college sports
football -- training

Description Level

Item

Publisher

"King Henry IV"

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