Collection is open for research.
Transferred from Benton County Historical Society in October 2022 (RL2022-141).
On October 9, 1926, the University of Oregon football team played against the University of Washington football team at the newly constructed Multnomah Field Civic Stadium (later Providence Park) in Portland, Oregon. The game was preceded by a brief dedication ceremony for the stadium. The University of Washington won the game, 23-9; an estimated 26,000 to 27,000 people attended.
Sources: Articles in the Oregonian, September-October 1926.
Poster for first football game at Multnomah Field Civic Stadium, Coll 967, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
The collection consists of a poster advertising the football game between the University of Oregon and the University of Washington on October 9, 1926 at the Multnomah Field Civic Stadium in Portland, Oregon. The poster notes that the game will be the stadium's dedication game, and that tickets can be purchased at 183 6th Street.
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