We don’t tend to discuss Trinity College in Hartford (not to
be confused with Trinity of North Carolina (became Duke) or Canada) as much as
we do the schools she played against in the 1890s. In 1891, the year this
photograph was taken, Trinity had games with Brown, Yale, Harvard, MIT, the
Boston Athletic Association, Columbia, Penn and several others, and went on to a
respectable 6 and 4 for the season. Trinity has an early football history, dating back to 1877. See related blog entry dated August 22, 2018.
There are three versions of this photo we have seen. We
picture the larger team photo that is in our collection and a smaller cabinet
card we know of for comparison. All three versions were done at the same
sitting and as you can see, the differences between the two photos in this posting
are minor, such as a turned head and a removed vest.
Albumin photo measures 10” x 13”.
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