Exterior view of stadium built in stages from 1908-09 to 1939 by William Steele & Sons Company., Numbered A-17128 on verso., Also known as Connie Mack Stadium (1953)., Divided back. Post marked 1913., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
c1911
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Sports - [P.9049.9]
Depicts Philadelphia Eagles football players Edward Herman and Dennis Harrison, with Woody Peoples behind them, entering Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia. They are attired in football helmets and uniforms. They pass through two lines of cheerleaders, attired in sweat suits and white boots, who raise pom poms in their hands. In the background, spectators are visible in the filled stadium., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content., Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator
Photo Illustrators (Firm), photographer
Date
[1980]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators - non-Phila - Afro-Americana
