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Howell High School, Howell, Michigan, Basketball Team, 1908

Item

HCDL-ngp-S002-20-0002_u.jpg

Title

Howell High School, Howell, Michigan, Basketball Team, 1908

Description

This photograph was labeled as Howell High School's "First Basketball Team - 1908", Howell, Michigan.  The names of the persons in the picture are unknown.

A 1908 article in the Livingston County Press & Argus, newspapers.com/image/453093680/?terms=Basketball&match=1 (in library use only), described a high school contest between Brighton High School, and Howell High School basketball teams.  The following names were associated with the Howell team: "Chuck" VanWinkle, Gus Schmitt, Walter and Wesley Kruger, Curley Barnes, B. McPherson, Redinger and Emil Bode.  (and also noted in a 1907 article).

The players associated with the Brighton High School Team were:  Max Baetcke, Gus Baetcke, F. Cushing, C. Hilton, D. Jacobs, and D. Placeway.

Subject

High school athletes

Format

image/jpeg

Type

Image

Date

1908

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Original Format

film negative

Collection

Citation

“Howell High School, Howell, Michigan, Basketball Team, 1908,” Howell Area Archives Digital Archive, accessed May 4, 2024, https://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/show/8520.
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