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University of Washington football team, Seattle, 1896
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 1896.
Photograph was copied by Webster & Stevens around 1921.
Handwritten on sleeve: U of W F.B. Team - 1896.
Webster & Stevens number: 87306
Caption information source: "Huskies (University of Washington) Football, 1889-2010," by Derek Johnson, HistoryLink.org Essay 8521.
This team portrait was taken in 1896.
Photograph was copied by Webster & Stevens around 1921.
Handwritten on sleeve: U of W F.B. Team - 1896.
Webster & Stevens number: 87306
Caption information source: "Huskies (University of Washington) Football, 1889-2010," by Derek Johnson, HistoryLink.org Essay 8521.
ID Number: 1983.10.2395
Date: 1896
Creator(s):
Webster & Stevens, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Credit: MOHAI, PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, 1983.10.2395
Copyright: No Known Copyright