一个神秘的足球游戏

Measuring seven-by-24 inches and most likely still in its original frame, this large three-piece panoramic photograph came to the 遗产中心 from University Communications photographer, 凯西卡斯. 卡斯家族在科罗拉多大学留下了不少遗产. 凯西的父亲艾伦·卡斯(Alan Cass)&63年代的前女友, HonDocHum’99), was the head of the Glenn Miller Archive and his grandfather, 克劳德·卡斯, worked as Macky Auditorium’s director and stage manager for several years. Claude later became one of CU’s chief building engineers and part of the team that constructed the 1953 Folsom Stadium addition. 

When Casey dropped by the 遗产中心 he had no idea what event the photograph pictured or even why his grandfather had it hanging in his office for years. His best guess was that Claude enjoyed the image, especially since Macky was in the background. 这就是博彩平台推荐开始研究所需要的全部信息, and we were eager to figure out what was going on in the image.

指纹显示甘布尔球场有一次重要的集会, 科罗拉多大学第一届橄榄球赛, 棒球和田径场就在今天的UMC附近. 因为球场上和看台上的人太多了, we were unsure if this was a sporting event or a demonstration. 

所以我戴上了警探的帽子, grabbed a magnifying glass and took a very close look to see what clues the photograph might reveal.

想知道站在历史学家的立场上是什么感觉吗? Find out how we solved the mystery behind the event captured in this image!

The first thing one should do when facing a new mystery is to take a close look at what is in front of them and determine what initial questions or observations come to mind that could provide clues. 我的第一个问题是，这个活动是什么时候举行的? Without an idea of the when, I would be unable to find out the who, what, where and why.

当调查一张照片时, one should always turn it over first to see if someone wrote some identifying details on the back. As I took the matted print out of the frame, I quickly realized it would not be my lucky day. The only legible pencil marks written on the back were “Return Photo in Good Condition,“8415”和看起来像“Slick Sat 10/8”的东西.事实证明，这些信息都没有帮助.  

因为我没有任何暗示约会的东西, 一个事件，甚至一个摄影师的名字, 专注于汽车似乎是最简单的第二步. My initial guess dated the vehicles from the late 1910s through the early 1920s. Having learned a few things from my vintage-car-guy husband, 我对总体时间框架感到满意. When I saw the two license plates, however, I knew I could do a better job zeroing in on a year. 通过快速上网搜索, I was able to narrow the date range to 1919-1920 based on the style of the plates on two of the cars in the foreground. 

把照片中的盘子和 现代科罗拉多车牌. 你也得出同样的结论吗?

同时从照片中寻找更多线索, 一位同事翻阅了从1919年开始的年鉴. 希望有一个更强大的放大镜, I squinted far into the photo’s background and uncovered a marching band leading a procession of people. The band made me quite confident that it was a sporting event, most likely football. 通过模糊的细节我能辨认出来, the band uniforms looked like the military-style jackets the CU marching band wore in the 1920s. I slowly scanned the crowds on both sets of bleachers and located a small marching band for the opposing team. Now I was more confident that we were looking at a football game.

After about fifteen minutes of yearbook searching, a clue surfaced. Another photograph found of the same event taken from a slightly different angle in the 1920-21 yearbook. 分数! Reading through the football season notes about the various games, we felt that the photograph was probably showing a halftime event during the big state championship game with the Colorado Aggies (CSU). 比赛以7比7的平局结束. With that tie and a win against the Oklahoma Aggies later in the season, CU took second place overall in the Mountain circuit of their division that year.

In addition to the yearbook, we looked through some loose scrapbook pages with the hope of new clues. 果然，有一页上有博彩平台推荐的照片 科罗拉多州的校友 粘贴到上面. It seems this football game was also the 同学会 game that year.

这个新信息让我找到了一个实际的 科罗拉多Alumnu这篇文章详述了一切. 比赛于11月11日举行. 20, 1920, with about 10,000 spectators watching, record attendance at that time! It sounded like a nail-biter of a skirmish with CU scoring late in the third quarter. CU fans were loud and enthusiastic for the entire game, often drowning out the opposing team’s band. A group of about 500 Boulder businessmen sat together in the stands and at some point paraded onto the field. 虽然没有办法证实这一点, this impromptu parade is probably what is happening on the field, especially with the marching band leading the train of people. 

和大多数历史调查一样, there are always questions to which you will never know the answer. One thing we will probably never understand is why 克劳德·卡斯 had this photograph in the first place and why he was so compelled by it to keep it in his office for so many years. While he did not attend CU, the 1920 census shows him as 17 years old and living in Boulder. 因为足球比赛是如此重要的事件, perhaps he was actually at this game and one of the young men on the field.

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来源: 

科罗拉多队以7比7战平冠军队.” 科罗拉多州的校友，十二月，1920,1-2. 

Coloradoan. Boulder, CO: Associated Students of the University of Colorado, 1920.

同学会 football game University of Colorado vs Agricultural College of Colorado, Nov 20, 1920. 卡斯收藏，遗产中心.

1920年未知剪贴簿页面. 剪贴簿收藏，文物中心.

你对这篇文章有什么问题吗? Is there a piece of campus history that has always intrigued you and want to know more? 给遗产中心发封邮件 好奇号首席记者，看看博彩平台推荐能否回答你的问题. 它可能会在这里结束!