State Normal School First Women’s Basketball Team 2

Creation Date

1902

Decade

1900

Photographer

unknown

Subject

Jacksonville State University -- History, State Normal School (Jacksonville Ala.) -- History, State Normal School (Jacksonville Ala.) -- Students, State Normal School (Jacksonville Ala.) -- Basketball, Basketball -- Alabama

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Description

The State Normal School organized its first women's basketball team in 1902. It was divided into two groups, Tumblers and Scramblers. Identified are Mrs. W.B. Merrill standing on the back row, Kate Caldwell and Nell Hopkins seated on the front row (both captains). The original was courtesy of Mrs. W.B. Merrill and appeared in the October 1967 issue of Alumni News.

Date Digitized

August 2017

Names of Persons Pictured

Mrs. W.B. Merrill, Kate Caldwell, Nell Hopkins

Source

Alabama Gallery Special Collections

Is Part Of

Historical Image Collection

Rights

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Location

The original printed photograph is housed in the Houston Cole Library Alabama Gallery, Box 1, Item 52.

Identifier

http://jsucollections.jsu.edu:9000/rpc/cat/Imaging/photocollection/psp/psp1900/psp1900_1/PSP1900basketball_00052.tif

Technical Metadata

Archival images are tiffs scanned from the original material at 575 dpi. The file name is PSP1900basketball_00052.tif; file size is 9.9 MB. Original image is 5 by 7 on glossy photographic paper