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The first intercollegiate championship football game held in America

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The first intercollegiate championship football game held in America

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Print shows a late 19th century college football game between Yale University and Princeton University; it has more the appearance of a brawl than an organized sporting event. Spectators line the side of the field in the background and the trees are glowing with autumn color.

Caption continues: Between Yale and Princeton, Yale winning by a score of 2 to 0 : having kicked two goals.
Signed on lower right corner: Everett Henry.
Printed below image on right: From an original drawing by Everett Henry - Dedicated to the memory of Walter Camp, Esq., a member of the Yale team of 1876.
Printed on lower left: The St. George Cricket Field in Hoboken, New Jersey. Thanksgiving Day, November 1876.
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Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

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01/01/1930
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