Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s

**bigbluelarry** Sat Mar 10, 2018 5:00 pm

A place to post some finds from an era where game photos aren't always easy to come by.

**bigbluelarry** Sat Mar 10, 2018 5:06 pm

Staten Island Stapletons vs Orange A.C. 11/3/29 from the NY Herald Tribune

Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s ZL3ryYa

**bigbluelarry** Sat Mar 10, 2018 5:07 pm

Orange A.C. vs Chicago Cardinals 12/8/29 from the Newark Evening News

Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s FpKDtzW

**bigbluelarry** Sat Mar 10, 2018 5:09 pm

Frankford Yellow Jackets vs Chicago Bears 12/15/28 from the Philadelphia Inquirer

Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s CA7ixVU

**bigbluelarry** Sat Mar 10, 2018 5:13 pm

Frankford Yellow Jackets vs New York Yankees 12/10/27 from the Philadelphia Inquirer

Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s 2FRRtOm

**bigbluelarry** Sat Mar 10, 2018 5:23 pm

Green Bay vs Staten Island Stapletons 11/8/31 from the Green Bay Post-Gazette

Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s 7BHnnj2

**bigbluelarry** Sat Mar 10, 2018 5:31 pm

Frankford Yellow Jackets vs New York Giants 10/18/25 from the Philadelphia Inquirer

Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s AXPUeVg

link to full photo: https://i.imgur.com/AXPUeVg.png

**bigbluelarry** Sat Mar 10, 2018 5:36 pm

Green Bay vs New York Giants 10/3/32 from the Green Bay Press Gazette

Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s G5NFfet

link to full photo: https://i.imgur.com/g5NFfet.jpg

**bigbluelarry** Sat Mar 10, 2018 5:46 pm

Pittsburgh Pirates vs Brooklyn Dodgers 11/12/33 from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s CPwhnIx

link to full photo: https://i.imgur.com/cPwhnIx.jpg

**bigbluelarry** Sun Mar 11, 2018 8:00 am

Chicago Cardinals vs Milwaukee Badgers 10/1/22 from the Chicago Daily-Tribune

Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s LkZAbj7

**bigbluelarry** Sun Mar 11, 2018 8:26 am

Chicago Bears vs Dayton Triangles 11/5/22 from Chicago Daily Tribune (with heavy artistic embellishment)

Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s LVIgq2f

Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s LVIgq2f

link to full photo: https://i.imgur.com/LVIgq2f.jpg

**bigbluelarry** Sun Mar 11, 2018 8:33 am

Chicago Cardinals vs Dayton Triangles 10/28/23 from Chicago Daily Tribune

Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s BJBGqlR

link to full photo: https://i.imgur.com/BJBGqlR.jpg

**bigbluelarry** Sun Mar 11, 2018 8:52 am

Chicago Cardinals vs Dayton Triangles 11/22/25 from Chicago Daily Tribune

Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s GsQ0TsQ

link to full photo: https://i.imgur.com/GsQ0TsQ.jpg

**bigbluelarry** Wed Mar 14, 2018 6:05 pm

Brooklion Horsemen vs Los Angeles Buccaneers 11/21/26 from the New York Herald Tribune

Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s WakB6A5

**bigbluelarry** Thu Mar 15, 2018 7:59 am

New York Yankees vs Brooklyn Horsemen 11/7/26 from the New York Herald Tribune.
This was the Horsemen's final game played in the AFL before merging with the NFL's Brooklyn Lions.

Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s NM4MndX

Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s NM4MndX

**bigbluelarry** Thu Mar 15, 2018 10:04 am

Cleveland Indians vs Canton Bulldogs 11/25/23 from the Cleveland Plain Dealer

Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s RoJchh2

**bigbluelarry** Fri Mar 16, 2018 11:11 am

Chicago Cardinals vs Pottsville Maroons 10/2/27 from the Chicago Daily Tribune
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s J42wu33

**bigbluelarry** Fri Mar 16, 2018 3:35 pm

New York Giants vs Dayton Triangles 11/29/25 from the New York Herald Tribune
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s HoajiZ8

**bigbluelarry** Fri Mar 16, 2018 6:37 pm

Buffalo All-Americans vs Canton Bulldogs 11/21/20 from the Buffalo Evening News
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s RYLZ6k5

link to full photo: https://i.imgur.com/rYLZ6k5.jpg

**bigbluelarry** Fri Mar 16, 2018 7:18 pm

Chicago Cardinals vs Canton Bulldogs 11/4/23 from the Chicago Daily Tribune
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s Tg1qBCI

link to full photo: https://i.imgur.com/Tg1qBCI.jpg

**bigbluelarry** Fri Mar 16, 2018 7:27 pm

Chicago Bears vs Milwaukee Badgers 12/2/23 from the Chicago Daily Tribune
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s EqNisDm

link to full photo: https://i.imgur.com/EqNisDm.jpg

**bigbluelarry** Fri Mar 16, 2018 8:27 pm

Chicago Bears vs Cleveland Bulldogs 11/18/25 from the Chicago Daily Tribune
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s Sg6yRrR

link to full photo: https://i.imgur.com/sg6yRrR.jpg

**bigbluelarry** Fri Mar 16, 2018 8:46 pm

Frankford Yellow Jackets vs Cleveland Bulldogs (mistakenly referred to as the Indians in the photo caption) 12/12/25 from the Philadelphia Inquirer
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s MEOnq60

Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s MEOnq60

link to full photo: https://i.imgur.com/MEOnq60.jpg

**bigbluelarry** Fri Mar 16, 2018 9:07 pm

Buffalo All-Americans vs Rochester Jeffersons 10/23/21 from the Buffalo Evening News
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s IMBjpjz

link to full photo: https://i.imgur.com/IMBjpjz.jpg

**bigbluelarry** Sun Mar 18, 2018 8:21 am

Frankford Yellow Jackets vs Canton Bulldogs 10/10/25 from the Philadelphia Inquirer
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s FOpod5H

link to full photo: https://i.imgur.com/FOpod5H.jpg

**bigbluelarry** Sun Mar 18, 2018 8:33 am

Chicago Cardinals vs Kansas City Cowboys 11/28/26 from the Chicago Daily Tribune
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s 40I6VCF

**bigbluelarry** Sun Mar 18, 2018 8:40 am

Chicago Bulls vs Los Angeles Wildcats (AFL I) 11/7/26 from the Chicago Daily Tribune
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s 2Wxu1jB

**bigbluelarry** Sun Mar 18, 2018 8:57 am

Frankford Yellow Jackets vs Pottsville Maroons 11/14/25 from the Philadelphia Inquirer
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s 3DAxbtF

link to full photo: https://i.imgur.com/3DAxbtF.jpg

**bigbluelarry** Sun Mar 18, 2018 9:13 am

Frankfrod Yellow Jackets vs Chicago Bears 12/4/26 from the Philadelphia Inquirer
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s ZhjSO4U

**bigbluelarry** Sun Mar 18, 2018 9:25 am

Frankford Yellow Jackets vs Duluth Eskimos 11/26/27 from the Philadelphia Inquirer
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s ZDwiKhF

**bigbluelarry** Sun Mar 18, 2018 9:57 am

Frankford Yellow Jackets vs Providence Steam Roller 10/10/31 from the Philadelphia Inquirer
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s Qj1YDVk

Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s Qj1YDVk

**bigbluelarry** Sun Mar 18, 2018 12:26 pm

Chicago Bears vs Brooklyn Dodgers 9/21/30 from the Chicago Daily Tribune
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s Lc977eJ

link to full photo: https://i.imgur.com/lc977eJ.jpg

**bigbluelarry** Sun Mar 18, 2018 12:35 pm

Green Bay vs Brooklyn Dodgers 9/20/31 from the Green Bay Press-Gazette
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s ZOvWXPm

**bigbluelarry** Sun Mar 18, 2018 2:14 pm

Brooklyn Dodgers vs Staten Island Stapletons 10/11/31 from the New York Herald Tribune
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s UZq5DoI

**bigbluelarry** Sun Mar 18, 2018 3:47 pm

Bill found this one.
St.Louis Blues (independent) vs Duluth Eskimos 11/6/26 (exhibition game) from the St.Louis Post-Dispatch
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s OpSo8ER

Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s OpSo8ER

link to full image: https://i.imgur.com/opSo8ER.jpg

**bigbluelarry** Wed Mar 21, 2018 9:03 pm

New York Brickley Giants vs Cleveland Indians 12/3/21
Charles Brickley and Jim Thorpe engaged in a drop kick exhibition during halftime.
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s 6ToKQja

Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s 6ToKQja

link to full photo: https://i.imgur.com/6ToKQja.jpg

**bigbluelarry** Wed Mar 21, 2018 9:12 pm

New York Giants vs New York Yankees 12/4/27 from the New York Herald Tribune
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s Zdv3gK0

link to full photo: https://i.imgur.com/Zdv3gK0.png

**bigbluelarry** Tue Mar 27, 2018 7:46 pm

Frankford Yellow Jackets vs Dayton Triangles 11/20/26 from the Philadelphia Inquirer
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s PIcMZL1

link to full photo: https://i.imgur.com/PIcMZL1.jpg

**bigbluelarry** Tue Mar 27, 2018 7:51 pm

Philadelphia Quakers vs Los Angeles Wildcats (AFL I) 11/20/26 from the Philadelphia Inquirer
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s JXsijlI

link to full photo: https://i.imgur.com/jXsijlI.jpg

**bigbluelarry** Tue Mar 27, 2018 7:57 pm

Frankford Yellow Jackets vs Detroit Panthers 11/27/27 from the Philadelphia Inquirer
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s Xc4DVAJ

**bigbluelarry** Tue Mar 27, 2018 8:03 pm

Philadelphia Quakers vs New York Yankees (AFL I) 11/27/26 from the Philadelphia Inquirer
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s IovTQhG

link to full photo: https://i.imgur.com/iovTQhG.jpg

**bigbluelarry** Thu Mar 29, 2018 3:13 pm

Rare find from Bill - a game photo of the Oorang Indians!

Dayton Triangles vs Oorang Indians 10/1/22
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s Fh2vBpG

Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s Fh2vBpG

**bigbluelarry** Fri Mar 30, 2018 11:15 am

Dayton Triangles vs Columbus Tigers 9/30/23 from the Dayton Evening Herald
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s ZwQbwyF

link to full photo: https://i.imgur.com/zwQbwyF.jpg

**bigbluelarry** Fri Mar 30, 2018 6:56 pm

Boston Bulldogs vs New York Yankees (AFL I) 10/9/26 from the Boston Herald
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s Fm24ztq

link to full photo: https://i.imgur.com/Fm24ztq.png

**bigbluelarry** Fri Mar 30, 2018 7:05 pm

Boston Bulldogs vs Dayton Triangles 10/13/29 from the Boston Herald
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s TIOEYb0

**bigbluelarry** Fri Mar 30, 2018 7:10 pm

Boston Bulldogs vs Orange A.C. (Tornadoes) 10/29/29 from the Boston Herald
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s ZpjXxsW

**bigbluelarry** Sun Apr 01, 2018 12:49 pm

Another rare find from Bill - we'd been missing the 1928 Maroons in our archives:

Canton Rogers Jewelers (independent) vs Pottsville Maroons (exhibition) 10/21/28
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s LwpwqTw

Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s LwpwqTw

**bigbluelarry** Sun Apr 01, 2018 2:29 pm

Another excellent find by Bill:

Canton Bulldogs vs Milwaukee Badgers 12/3/22.
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s GGMSO2k

**bigbluelarry** Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:01 am

Cleveland Bulldogs vs Columbus tigers 10/4/25 from the Cleveland Plain Dealer
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s NHIlecU

link to photo: https://i.imgur.com/nHIlecU.png

**bigbluelarry** Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:17 am

Canton Bulldogs vs Rochester Jeffersons 9/27/25 from the Canton Evening Repository
Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s Yk3R19C

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