Today's Tidbit... The 1905 Big Game Before Photoshop

Cal and Stanford first met on the gridiron in March 1892. They played again in December of that year and then annually until 1905, a game represented in the RPPC below. The image, of course, is a fabrication created using scissors and glue in the pre-Photoshop days.

The fans in the background attended the game in 1904, not 1905, when designated men wrapped white shawls and turbans to form a giant S in the stands. To the right, another group supported their team by wearing cardinal and white striped hats.

Fanciful RPPC of the 1905 Big Game by A. C. Pillsbury (Personal collection)

On the field of play, we see a ball carrier running to his right (our left). A defender in a dark jersey is being clipped, which remained legal then. Most of those whose faces are visible in the image wear nose guards.