Hartford Public High School Football Team
PhotographerPhotographed by
Richard S. DeLamater
(American, 1833 - 1915)
Date1884
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 4 3/4 x 7 1/2in. (12 x 19cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Francis P. Farnsworth
Object number1980.20.117
DescriptionStudio portrait of a group of twelve boys and young men and a mature man with a mustache, presumably their coach or teacher, in front of a painted backdrop depicting a forest interior. They wear tight-fitting jerkins, pants and stockings. Some wear caps. On boy holds a football and has "H.P.H.[S.] / 8[4?]" on his shirt. The boy seated in the foreground wears eyeglasses.
Status
Not on view
