Art of Football
Football
Program Cover Art, 1900
| The Bentley's earliest programs / scorecards for games played in Ann Arbor date from 1900. They were published by the Student Athletic Association, which managed intercollegiate athletics at that time. The SAA programs, four-page inserts with nothing but the lineups, schedule and advertising with a construction paper quality cover, were rather crude when compared to the Chicago game programs. |
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| With the arrival of Fielding Yost in 1901 football and its accompanying printed works would take on a whole new image. The 1900 season also marked the first year in which a football calendar was produced. (Or at least the first year for which one survives in the Bentley collections.) The 1900 calendar included a team photo and individual photos of the varsity players and coaches as well as photos of campus buildings. | 
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