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Metadata
Catalog Number |
MATSURA6027 |
Title |
OKANOGAN FOOTBALL TEAM. NOV. 26 '08 OKANOGAN, WASH. FRANK MATSURA PHOTO |
Subjects |
Sport clothes Clothing & dress Football Football players People associated with entertainment & sports |
Description |
The Okanogan football team poses for a photo with 14 players and two other people in the background. From the Okanogan Independent newspaper November 20, 1908: " The first game of American football to be played in Okanogan County will occur on Thanksgiving day at 2:30 p.m. The Oroville team sent out a challenge, which was accepted by the Okanogan boys, who at once got busy organising a team from the material scattered about town, and for the past few days have been practicing and getting in shape... The list from which the Okanogan team will be made up is as follows: Collins, Vansant, A.W. and O.E. Storch, Stark, McKee, Ward, Shaffer, Canova, Swanson, Reed, Schaller, Pine, Brown, Thomson." From an October 1, 1909 article from the same newspaper: "Last year the only game played was against Oroville on Thanksgiving Day, which resulted in a score of 0 to 0 in a wildly exciting contest." At this time the teams were composed of citizens of the area rather than being a high school sport. Negative sleeve: Okanogan Football Team Nov. 26, 1908 |
Photographer |
Matsura, Frank S. |
Object Name |
Negative |
Date |
11/26/1908 |
People |
Collins, William C. Stark, Harry E. Storch, Oscar Everett Storch, Arthur M. Ward, Clair Henderson Vansant, Gordon N. Shaffer Canova, Carlos F. Swanson Read, Frank Schaller, William Pine Brown, Thomson Collins, Tom |
Place |
Okanogan-Okanogan County-Washington (state) |
Classification |
Sports/Football |
Relation |
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Related Publications |
Okanogan Independent November 13, 1908, November 20, 1908, December 4, 1908 and October 1, 1909 Okanogan County Heritage Vol 55 No 4, Fall 2017 Okanogan County Heritage Vol 45 No 4, Fall 2007 |
Legal Status |
No known copyright. Item is public domain as it was published prior to 1923. |
Copyright |
If using this photograph, please give credit to: Okanogan County Historical Society. Please notify us of your use so that we may add it to our catalog. |