Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s
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Newspaper photos from the 1920s & early 1930s
A place to post some finds from an era where game photos aren't always easy to come by.
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Staten Island Stapletons vs Orange A.C. 11/3/29 from the NY Herald Tribune


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


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


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


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


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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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.

This was the Horsemen's final game played in the AFL before merging with the NFL's Brooklyn Lions.

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


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Chicago Cardinals vs Pottsville Maroons 10/2/27 from the Chicago Daily Tribune


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New York Giants vs Dayton Triangles 11/29/25 from the New York Herald Tribune


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Buffalo All-Americans vs Canton Bulldogs 11/21/20 from the Buffalo Evening News

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Chicago Cardinals vs Canton Bulldogs 11/4/23 from the Chicago Daily Tribune

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Chicago Bears vs Milwaukee Badgers 12/2/23 from the Chicago Daily Tribune

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Chicago Bears vs Cleveland Bulldogs 11/18/25 from the Chicago Daily Tribune

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Frankford Yellow Jackets vs Cleveland Bulldogs (mistakenly referred to as the Indians in the photo caption) 12/12/25 from the Philadelphia Inquirer

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

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Buffalo All-Americans vs Rochester Jeffersons 10/23/21 from the Buffalo Evening News

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Frankford Yellow Jackets vs Canton Bulldogs 10/10/25 from the Philadelphia Inquirer

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Chicago Cardinals vs Kansas City Cowboys 11/28/26 from the Chicago Daily Tribune


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Chicago Bulls vs Los Angeles Wildcats (AFL I) 11/7/26 from the Chicago Daily Tribune


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Frankford Yellow Jackets vs Pottsville Maroons 11/14/25 from the Philadelphia Inquirer

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Frankfrod Yellow Jackets vs Chicago Bears 12/4/26 from the Philadelphia Inquirer


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Frankford Yellow Jackets vs Duluth Eskimos 11/26/27 from the Philadelphia Inquirer


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Frankford Yellow Jackets vs Providence Steam Roller 10/10/31 from the Philadelphia Inquirer


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Chicago Bears vs Brooklyn Dodgers 9/21/30 from the Chicago Daily Tribune

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Green Bay vs Brooklyn Dodgers 9/20/31 from the Green Bay Press-Gazette


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Brooklyn Dodgers vs Staten Island Stapletons 10/11/31 from the New York Herald Tribune


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Bill found this one.
St.Louis Blues (independent) vs Duluth Eskimos 11/6/26 (exhibition game) from the St.Louis Post-Dispatch

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St.Louis Blues (independent) vs Duluth Eskimos 11/6/26 (exhibition game) from the St.Louis Post-Dispatch

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New York Brickley Giants vs Cleveland Indians 12/3/21
Charles Brickley and Jim Thorpe engaged in a drop kick exhibition during halftime.

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Charles Brickley and Jim Thorpe engaged in a drop kick exhibition during halftime.

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New York Giants vs New York Yankees 12/4/27 from the New York Herald Tribune

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Frankford Yellow Jackets vs Dayton Triangles 11/20/26 from the Philadelphia Inquirer

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Philadelphia Quakers vs Los Angeles Wildcats (AFL I) 11/20/26 from the Philadelphia Inquirer

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Frankford Yellow Jackets vs Detroit Panthers 11/27/27 from the Philadelphia Inquirer


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Philadelphia Quakers vs New York Yankees (AFL I) 11/27/26 from the Philadelphia Inquirer

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Rare find from Bill - a game photo of the Oorang Indians!
Dayton Triangles vs Oorang Indians 10/1/22

Dayton Triangles vs Oorang Indians 10/1/22

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Dayton Triangles vs Columbus Tigers 9/30/23 from the Dayton Evening Herald

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

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Boston Bulldogs vs New York Yankees (AFL I) 10/9/26 from the Boston Herald

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

link to full photo: https://i.imgur.com/Fm24ztq.png
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Boston Bulldogs vs Dayton Triangles 10/13/29 from the Boston Herald


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Boston Bulldogs vs Orange A.C. (Tornadoes) 10/29/29 from the Boston Herald


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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

Canton Rogers Jewelers (independent) vs Pottsville Maroons (exhibition) 10/21/28

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Another excellent find by Bill:
Canton Bulldogs vs Milwaukee Badgers 12/3/22.

Canton Bulldogs vs Milwaukee Badgers 12/3/22.

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Cleveland Bulldogs vs Columbus tigers 10/4/25 from the Cleveland Plain Dealer

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Canton Bulldogs vs Rochester Jeffersons 9/27/25 from the Canton Evening Repository


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