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| Title | Seattle Eskimos players Henry Harris and Bobby Benson, Seattle, 1929 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1929 |
| Caption | Henry Harris, brother to the Seattle Metropolitans player Wilfred 'Smokey' Harris, played forward for the Seattle Eskimos from 1928-1930. Known for his aggressive and rough play, he held the Pacific Coast Hockey League record for penalty minutes during the 1928-29 season. Robert John 'Bobby' Benson played defense for the Seattle Eskimos late in his long hockey career from 1929-1931.
Harris (right) and Benson (left) are uniformed and posing on the ice in this January 1929 photograph. |
| Notes | Handwritten on image: Smokey Harris [sic].
Caption information sources: Jeff Obermeyer; 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): January 17, 1929. |
| Subjects | Ice hockey players--Washington (State)--Seattle; Sports--Washington (State)--Seattle; Ice skating rinks--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Personal Names | Benson, Robert John
Harris, Henry |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5G.985.1 |
| 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 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
