Harpers Ferry High School football team, 1927

Name/Title

Harpers Ferry High School football team, 1927

Entry/Object ID

IMG3286

Description

1927 Harpers Ferry High School football team taken on front steps of Harpers Ferry High School (now owned by National Park Service); fouter seated front-row player holds a football between his knees on which is written 1927 H.F On back of photo is written scores from 10 football games in 1927 (see Media File) According to a Facebook commenter, the man third from the bottom right is Austin "Yam" Bowers. Austin "Yam" Bowers was the first person to graduate from Harpers Ferry High School (currently Harpers Ferry Middle School).

Acquisition

Accession

597

Source or Donor

Anonymous

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Studio

Clowes, Martinsburg, W.Va.

Date made

1927

Place

* Untyped Place

Front steps of Harpers Ferry High School