Playing To An Empty House
Date1989
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions: 10 5/16 × 8 1/16in. (26.2 × 20.5cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Lynn Ferrari
DescriptionBlack and white Associated Press Laser Photo of the Hartford Civic Center during the 1989 Eastern College Athletic Conference–North Atlantic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship. The games were played without spectators and non-essential personnel due to an outbreak of measles at the University of Hartford, the host of the tournament. The photograph is taken during the March 9, 1989 opening game between Colgate University and Siena College. There are blue marks on the photograph to indicate where it should be cropped.
Object number2017.86.35
CopyrightCopyright held by AP
InscribedTyped in black on front: “(HF3 HARTFORD, Conn., March 9--PLAYING TO AN EMPTY HOUSE—Except for essential per- / sonnel, no one was admitted to the Hartford Civic Center coliseum Thursday as the / ECAC-North Atlantic Conference basketball championship tourney opened in Hartford. / Spectators were barred because of an outbreak of measles at the University of / Hartford, host to the tourney. Colgate University and Siena College were the first / teams to play. (APLASERPHOTO) c (rc51259stf/bob child) 1989” Handwritten in blue on back: "Basketball college"
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Frank Lorenzo
1990 March 15-17
