The CFL Alumni Association Legends Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/11/2012
The Canadian football game has its roots squarely in the game of rugby. Offered is a late 19th century team photo of 1893-94 Loretto XV Rugby Club. The 15 members of the Scottish boarding school squad are lined up in three rows in front of a columned building entrance on the Edinburgh-based campus. Team captain C. Thomson is pictured holding the ancient rugby ball in the center of the middle row. Fantastic image with crisp details, though S.R. Patterson, second from the right in the back row, obviously had a hard time keeping still for the long exposure and managed to slightly blur his image! Pushing 120 years old, this wondrous 9 1/4" x 11 1/4" photo has been very nicely preserved with a horizontal mark through the pillar between players Woodcock and Miller in the back row the only significant flaw. This original print is displayed on a beige matte backing with the team member’s names listed at the bottom, and it is mounted in a 15” x 18” wood frame.
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