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- Wavemeter, Used by George W. Pierce, 1910-1915 -
- 1910-1915
- Collections - Artifact
Wavemeter, Used by George W. Pierce, 1910-1915
- Photolithograph, "Yesterday's Game, Pennsylvania vs. Harvard. Franklin Field, Philadelphia," 1897 - During the late 19th century, colleges, high schools, and local amateur athletic clubs formed football teams to battle rivals on the field. The first football game was played in 1869 and resembled a soccer or rugby match. In the following decades, new rules formalized play and transformed the game into a more recognizable version of today's American sport.
- November 21, 1897
- Collections - Artifact
Photolithograph, "Yesterday's Game, Pennsylvania vs. Harvard. Franklin Field, Philadelphia," 1897
During the late 19th century, colleges, high schools, and local amateur athletic clubs formed football teams to battle rivals on the field. The first football game was played in 1869 and resembled a soccer or rugby match. In the following decades, new rules formalized play and transformed the game into a more recognizable version of today's American sport.
- Pennant, "Harvard-Boston Aero Meet," 1910 - The 1910 Harvard-Boston Aero Meet was the first international meet of its kind held in the United States. The event attracted the top pilots of the day, and it boasted a $10,000 prize for the fastest flight over a 25-mile round-trip course. British pilot Claude Grahame-White won the cash prize, which was sponsored by the <em>Boston Globe</em>.
- 1910
- Collections - Artifact
Pennant, "Harvard-Boston Aero Meet," 1910
The 1910 Harvard-Boston Aero Meet was the first international meet of its kind held in the United States. The event attracted the top pilots of the day, and it boasted a $10,000 prize for the fastest flight over a 25-mile round-trip course. British pilot Claude Grahame-White won the cash prize, which was sponsored by the Boston Globe.
- Bookplate of Samuel W. French, 1873-1917 - Bookplates show ownership, but they can also tell us more. Often pasted on the inside of a book's front cover or endpaper, these printed labels contain the owner's name and sometimes the words "ex-libris" (Latin for "from the library of"). Coats of arms, crests, other decorative images, poems, mottoes, and even font type provide insight into the beliefs, passions, and interests of the book's owner.
- 1873-1917
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Bookplate of Samuel W. French, 1873-1917
Bookplates show ownership, but they can also tell us more. Often pasted on the inside of a book's front cover or endpaper, these printed labels contain the owner's name and sometimes the words "ex-libris" (Latin for "from the library of"). Coats of arms, crests, other decorative images, poems, mottoes, and even font type provide insight into the beliefs, passions, and interests of the book's owner.
- Plate, 1831-1835 -
- 1831-1835
- Collections - Artifact
Plate, 1831-1835
- Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, September Third to Thirteenth, 1910 - The 1910 Harvard-Boston Aero Meet was the first international meet of its kind held in the United States. The event attracted the top pilots of the day, and it boasted a $10,000 prize for the fastest flight over a 25-mile round-trip course. British pilot Claude Grahame-White won the cash prize, which was sponsored by the <em>Boston Globe</em>.
- 03 September 1910-13 September 1910
- Collections - Artifact
Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, September Third to Thirteenth, 1910
The 1910 Harvard-Boston Aero Meet was the first international meet of its kind held in the United States. The event attracted the top pilots of the day, and it boasted a $10,000 prize for the fastest flight over a 25-mile round-trip course. British pilot Claude Grahame-White won the cash prize, which was sponsored by the Boston Globe.