R. Perry Short coached the Seattle High School football team during its successful 1904 season. Led by Captain L. C. Palmer, the team competed against the University of Washington and high school teams in Bellingham, Tacoma, Spokane, and Lewiston, Idaho and won the 1904 Pacific Northwest Championship.
This 1904 group portrait shows the Seattle High School football team which won the Pacific Northwest Championship. Coach Shorts stands in the back row, second from the left. Captain Palmer is in the oval inset. Seattle High School has also been called Broadway High School.
From dentifications handwritten on verso: Players left to right, inset: Palmer. Top row:
, Shorts, Morehouse, Ike Dowd. Center row: Rey Ross, Frank Moron,
, Paul Jarvis, Dave Lewis,. Bottom row: Glen German, Wee Coyle, Jack McDougall, Jay Smith.
ID Number: 1960.1821.2
Date: 1904
Physical Description: 2 photographic prints mounted on cardboard : gelatin, b&w ; 18 x 24 cm. and 10 x 5 cm. oval.
Additional Information: View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv25134
Credit: MOHAI, William Jennings “Wee” Coyle Photograph Collection, 1960.1821.2
