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University of Washington 1908 football and men and women's crew team photographs, 1908

Overview of the Collection

Title
University of Washington 1908 football and men and women's crew team photographs
Dates
1908 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 folder (69 photographs, 1 developer's envelope)
Collection Number
PH1561
Summary
Photographs of the University of Washington 1908 football team members, men and women's crew team Canoe Club members, and University of Pennsylvania men's rowing team at the 1908 Intercollegiate Rowing Association (Poughkeepsie) Regatta
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

The collection is open to the public, and the entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries' Digital Collections website.

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Languages
English
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Historical Background

The University of Washington is known, in addition to its prestige as a research institution, for its top-tier athletic teams. Many of these teams can boast pedigrees going back well over a century, and have become integral to life on campus and alumni engagement. The football team played its first season in 1889, the same year that much of Seattle was destroyed by a fire. A decade later, in 1899, University of Washington students began working with local donors to develop a rowing program for the school, work that would come to fruition in 1903 with the first intercollegiate rowing race on the West Coast, in which the University of Washington bested the University of California.

In the same year that the men’s crew team enjoyed their inaugural victory, UW women were taking to Lake Washington informally to pursue the sport on their own. Over the next few years, this “women’s rowing club” would steadily gain prominence and acclaim on campus, ultimately finding a patron and advocate in Hiram Conibear, the athletic trainer for the football and track teams and coach of the men’s crew team. On October 22nd, 1907, women’s rowing made the leap from hobbyist clique to a university-sanctioned athletics team. The women’s crew team competed for a decade until the death of Conibear and the appropriation of campus aquatic facilities by the Navy during World War One forced the team to disband. Although several efforts were made to revive the women’s crew team over the subsequent decades, women would not compete again in rowing at the University of Washington until 1969.

For their part, the 1908 University of Washington football team enjoyed a successful season, going undefeated in seven games under the guidance of a new coach, Gil Dobie. The closest the team came to a loss that particular season was a tie-game, six to six, against Washington State University in the annual rivalry match that has come to be known as the Apple Cup.

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Other Descriptive Information

These photographs may have been made by Broussais C. Beck, a member of the graduating class of 1910 who participated in both Varsity Crew and Varsity Football, as well as the Tyee, the Class Presidency, and Glee Club.

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Content Description

Photographs of the University of Washington 1908 football team members, men and women's crew team Canoe Club members, and University of Pennsylvania Men's rowing team at the 1908 Intercollegiate Rowing Association (Poughkeepsie) Regatta.

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Use of the Collection

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Restrictions on Use

Status of creator's copyrights is unknown; restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged in 4 series.

  • Varsity Husky Football players
  • Husky Crew canoeists
  • University of Pennsylvania Men's rowing team at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (Poughkeepsie) Regatta
  • Related materials

Acquisition Information

Donated by Daniel G. Wend, May 16, 2010.

Processing Note

Processed by Michael Lowry Lamble, December, 2018. Revised by Liam Patrick Bryant, March 2024.

Originally accessioned as PH2016-038.

Bibliography

Junior Class of the University of Washington. The 1909 Tyee. Vol. IX. Seattle, WA, 1908.

Junior Class of the University of Washington. The 1910 Tyee. Vol. X. Seattle, WA, 1909.

Junior Class of the University of Washington. The 1911 Tyee. Vol. XI. Seattle, WA, 1910.

Related Materials

See Acc. No. 0155, Broussais C. Beck papers

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

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Subject Terms

  • Football--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
  • Rowing--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
  • Women athletes--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs

Corporate Names

  • University of Washington--Sports--Photographs
  • University of Washington. Department of Intercollegiate Athletics--Archives

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names

    • Webster & Stevens (photographer)


2016 (Last modified: 8/8/2025)

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