Gridiron Greats at the Met
In honor of the Super Bowl, a new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art takes a look back at the iconic trading cards and game photography from the early days of the sport.
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P.H. Mayo & Brother, Richmond, Virginia
John Dunlop, Yale University, from the College Football Stars series (N302) for Mayo's Cut Plug Tobacco, 1894
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Goudey Gum Company, Sport Kings
Jim Thorpe, 1933
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Goudey Gum Company, Sport Kings
Red Grange, 1933
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Harold Edgerton
Wes Fesler Kicking a Football, ca. 1935
MIT, Harold Edgerton, 2014, Palm Press, Inc.
National Chicle Gum Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Red Grange, from the "Baseball and Football" set (R311), issued by the National Chicle Company to promote Diamond Stars Gum, 1936
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