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| Title | Seattle Eskimos player Bob Benson, Seattle, 1930 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1930 |
| Caption | Icelandic-Canadian Robert John 'Bobby' Benson played defense for the Seattle Eskimos from 1929 to 1931, near the end of his long hockey career. His career began when he played four seasons with the Winnipeg Falcons of the Manitoba Hockey League from 1913 to 1917. During World War I, Benson played on military teams during his time with the Winnipeg 223rd Scandinavian Battalion. While traded quite a bit during his long hockey career, Benson served as a key defense player on the Canadian Olympic team in 1920 when Canada won the gold.
In this 1930 photograph from when Benson played for the Seattle Eskimos, the 5'6" 135 lb. Benson is showing his left shooting style. |
| Notes | Handwritten on image: Benson Bob.
Caption information sources: The Legends of Hockey.net; hockeydb.com.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): March 12, 1930. |
| Subjects | Ice hockey players--Washington (State)--Seattle; Sports--Washington (State)--Seattle; Ice skating rinks--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Personal Names | Benson, Robert John |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5G.94 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 glass negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
