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| Title | Football fans in Portland with The Hook for the O.A.C. (Oregon Agricultural College) vs. University of Washington football game, November 9, 1912 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1912 |
| Notes | UW yell leader Bill Horsley introduced The Hook in 1911. It was carried to each game as a symbol of UW's dominance in football. It was 10 feet tall and made of oak.(Paul Dorpat, "Hooked on football, " in Pacific Northwest, the Seattle Times Magazine, October 6, 2002).
Signs in image read: U. of W. [Rooters] Section. U. of W. O.A.C.
Handwritten on verso: Washington Rooters at Portland Nov. 9, 1912. See that hook!
Filed in: UW - Sports - Fans. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Sports spectators--Oregon--Portland
University of Washington
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| Location Depicted | United States--Oregon--Portland |
| Digital Collection | University of Washington Campus Photographs
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| Order Number | UWC1583
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| Negative Number | UW21979z |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | University of Washington Postcard Collection. PH Coll 799 |
| Object Type | Postcard: b&w; 3 3/8 x 5 3/8 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color or 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 or 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
| Image File Name | SC004051.tif |
