Medill High School girls basketball players Fagan and Samuels, standing in front of a dark backdrop  CREATED/PUBLISHED 1909 SUMMARY
Full-length group portrait of Fagan and Samuels, Medill High School girls basketball players, standing in front of a dark backdrop in a room in Chicago, Illinois. Samuels is holding a basketball, and Fagan is reaching for the basketball.

NOTES
This photonegative taken by a Chicago Daily News photographer may have been published in the newspaper.

SDN-007623, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

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1905 Girls Playing Basketball
A scarce early photo/negative from a defunct Chicago Newspaper

Girls playing basketball on a grass court surrounded by light colored tents CREATED/PUBLISHED 1905. SUMMARY
Image of girls playing basketball on a grass court surrounded by light colored tents in Chicago, Illinois. A group of boys is standing near the basket, off the court, watching. One of the girls in this image is wearing bloomers. SDN-003751, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

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