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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection: Athletics, 1902-1938

508 plates

Includes almost yearly images of Field Day from 1916-1936; team portraits as well action photos from field hockey, basketball, baseball, tennis, fencing, lacrosse, and archery. There are also images from horse shows, golfing, swimming, and winter sports.Topics documented in this series include the evolution of uniforms from bloomers to shorts as well as developments in athletic fields and equipment.

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Field hockey game

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Date
1921-10-01
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The Vassar College Archives within the Digital Library include some images, texts, and material items that are racist, xenophobic, or otherwise harmful. The Vassar Libraries have provided descriptive text and additional notes whenever possible to alert Digital Library users to these items. The Engaged Pluralism Initiative Race and Racism in Historical Collections Project Group is working with the library on contextualizing and facilitating community conversations about these materials. For more information see: https://library.vassar.edu/rrhc
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Members of the Class of 1923 playing field hockey against an unidentified team

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Field hockey game

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Date
1914-1915
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Field hockey game, Class of 1916 versus the Class of 1918

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Field hockey game

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1914-1915
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Field hockey game, Class of 1916 versus the Class of 1918

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Field hockey game

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1920s
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Spectators and players behind the stands at a field hockey game

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Field hockey game

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1921-10-01
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Members of the Class of 1923 playing field hockey against an unidentified team

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Field hockey game

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1920s
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Spectators and players behind the stands at a field hockey game

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Field hockey game

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Date
1913-1914
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Field hockey game, Class of 1915 versus the Class of 1917

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Field hockey game

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Date
1914 Fall
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Field hockey game, Class of 1915 versus the Class of 1916

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Field hockey game

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Date
1921-10-25
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The Vassar varsity field hockey team playing the All-English Hockey Team in the field behind Josselyn Hall

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Field hockey game, Vassar College and Yale University

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Date
1931-11-01
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Group photograph of Vassar and Yale field hockey players and Vassar's mascot, a goat, on Sunset Hill

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Field hockey game, Vassar College and Yale University

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Date
1931-11-01
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The Vassar College Archives within the Digital Library include some images, texts, and material items that are racist, xenophobic, or otherwise harmful. The Vassar Libraries have provided descriptive text and additional notes whenever possible to alert Digital Library users to these items. The Engaged Pluralism Initiative Race and Racism in Historical Collections Project Group is working with the library on contextualizing and facilitating community conversations about these materials. For more information see: https://library.vassar.edu/rrhc
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Vassar field hockey players in a game against Yale men on Sunset Hill

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Field hockey game, Vassar College and Yale University

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Date
1931-11-01
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The Vassar College Archives within the Digital Library include some images, texts, and material items that are racist, xenophobic, or otherwise harmful. The Vassar Libraries have provided descriptive text and additional notes whenever possible to alert Digital Library users to these items. The Engaged Pluralism Initiative Race and Racism in Historical Collections Project Group is working with the library on contextualizing and facilitating community conversations about these materials. For more information see: https://library.vassar.edu/rrhc
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Vassar field hockey players in a game against Yale men on Sunset Hill

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Field hockey game, Vassar College and Yale University

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Date
1931-11-01
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The Vassar College Archives within the Digital Library include some images, texts, and material items that are racist, xenophobic, or otherwise harmful. The Vassar Libraries have provided descriptive text and additional notes whenever possible to alert Digital Library users to these items. The Engaged Pluralism Initiative Race and Racism in Historical Collections Project Group is working with the library on contextualizing and facilitating community conversations about these materials. For more information see: https://library.vassar.edu/rrhc
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Vassar field hockey players in a game against Yale men on Sunset Hill

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Field hockey game, Vassar College and Yale University

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Date
1931-11-01
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The Vassar College Archives within the Digital Library include some images, texts, and material items that are racist, xenophobic, or otherwise harmful. The Vassar Libraries have provided descriptive text and additional notes whenever possible to alert Digital Library users to these items. The Engaged Pluralism Initiative Race and Racism in Historical Collections Project Group is working with the library on contextualizing and facilitating community conversations about these materials. For more information see: https://library.vassar.edu/rrhc
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Vassar field hockey players in a game against Yale men on Sunset Hill

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Field hockey game, Vassar College and Yale University

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Date
1931-11-01
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The Vassar College Archives within the Digital Library include some images, texts, and material items that are racist, xenophobic, or otherwise harmful. The Vassar Libraries have provided descriptive text and additional notes whenever possible to alert Digital Library users to these items. The Engaged Pluralism Initiative Race and Racism in Historical Collections Project Group is working with the library on contextualizing and facilitating community conversations about these materials. For more information see: https://library.vassar.edu/rrhc
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Vassar field hockey players in a game against Yale men on Sunset Hill

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Field hockey game, Vassar College and Yale University

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Date
1931-11-01
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The Vassar College Archives within the Digital Library include some images, texts, and material items that are racist, xenophobic, or otherwise harmful. The Vassar Libraries have provided descriptive text and additional notes whenever possible to alert Digital Library users to these items. The Engaged Pluralism Initiative Race and Racism in Historical Collections Project Group is working with the library on contextualizing and facilitating community conversations about these materials. For more information see: https://library.vassar.edu/rrhc
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Vassar field hockey players in a game against Yale men on Sunset Hill

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Field hockey group

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Date
1924-11-14
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Vassar's varsity field hockey team posing with the New Amsterdam Club team

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Field hockey group

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Date
1926-11-13
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Vassar's varsity field hockey team posing with the Philadelphia Buccaneers

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Field hockey player

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Date
1921-10-01
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The Vassar College Archives within the Digital Library include some images, texts, and material items that are racist, xenophobic, or otherwise harmful. The Vassar Libraries have provided descriptive text and additional notes whenever possible to alert Digital Library users to these items. The Engaged Pluralism Initiative Race and Racism in Historical Collections Project Group is working with the library on contextualizing and facilitating community conversations about these materials. For more information see: https://library.vassar.edu/rrhc
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Helen McCarthy (VC 1922) posing for a picture on the field behind Josselyn Hall

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Field hockey player

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Date
1921-10-01
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Helen Greene (VC 1922) posing for a picture on the field behind Josselyn Hall

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