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University of Washington football team, Seattle, 1898
Order an ImageThe University of Washington played its first-ever football game on Thanksgiving Day, 1889, at the Jefferson Street Park, just east of downtown. In the next decade the university moved to its present site five miles north of downtown, in a wooded area bordering Lake Washington. Football games were played at old Denny Field on the northwest corner of the campus near 45th Street.
This team portrait was taken in 1898.
Original photo was copied by Webster & Stevens around 1921.
Handwritten on sleeve: U of W Football Team 1898.
Webster & Stevens number: 87308
Caption information source: "Huskies (University of Washington) Football, 1889-2010," by Derek Johnson, HistoryLink.org Essay 8521.
This team portrait was taken in 1898.
Original photo was copied by Webster & Stevens around 1921.
Handwritten on sleeve: U of W Football Team 1898.
Webster & Stevens number: 87308
Caption information source: "Huskies (University of Washington) Football, 1889-2010," by Derek Johnson, HistoryLink.org Essay 8521.
ID Number: 1983.10.2260
Date: 1898
Creator(s):
Webster & Stevens, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 nitrate negative : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. ; sulfiding
Credit: MOHAI, PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, 1983.10.2260
Copyright: No Known Copyright