Today's Tidbit... Football Crowds of the Past
After last night’s exciting Penn State-Notre Dame game and heading into tonight’s Texas-Ohio State match, I thought the world could use an easily digestible, image-based Tidbit. So, here it is.
This one focuses not on the players but on the fans in the stands and on the field. Fans matter. They always have and always will. There would be far less pressure and money involved in football were it not for the fans, whether they watch games from the comfort of their homes or attend them.
The salute uses RPPCs of the past. Back then, photographers took crowd shots, and campus shops sold them as postcards since people found themselves in the images and sent a postcard to friends or family, often circling themselves to document their attendance at the big game.
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