Women's Basketball 3 Original Photos Circa 1910-20s

Women in Sports

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[Women in Sports] Photo archive of 3 photos of women holding basketballs, two with women in early women’s sports uniforms. Circa 1910-20s. Small silver gelatin prints. Each measures 4.5” x 2.75” inches. The photos encapsulate the excitement of young women entering the sport. In two of the photos, players wear knee-length bloomers as part of their uniform. Women’s basketball began in 1892, the year after the invention of the sport. Bloomers were designed in 1896 to preserve the modesty of skirts with the free movement of shorts. One photo shows a team of seven lined up in high school uniforms marked F.H.S, their coach standing to one side. Another shows a different group of six girls also in uniforms posing in a line with a ball marked R.H.S. The third photo shows a woman in long dress holding a ball aloft with another woman holding a bucket, presumably a stand in for the net, and a young girl and boy posing with them, the girl holding a basketball. Early photos of Recreational sports for girls are still uncommon. All three photos in good condition.

Item #17871

Price: $225.00