Library of Congress photographs

Name: Library of Congress photographs
Creator: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs

Football photographs from the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, 1869-1963 (Bain News Service, Harris & Ewing, National Photo Company, panoramas): only items marked “No known restrictions on publication”, matched to the teams their captions name and, where the caption or date says, the season and game. Credited to the Library and the collection.

392 rows, 1877–⁠1957. Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs (no known restrictions on publication). On the site: Team season pages.

392 rows, page 1 of 8. Click a column to sort.

loc	team	title	date	photo	photo credit	photo license	photo source
2001706111	Drake	Football team of Drake University of Des Moines at the White House	[192-?]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division	No known restrictions on publication	source
2003655368	Yale	[Yale Univ. football game: scrimmage; stadium with clock tower in backgorund]	[between 1889 and 1895]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division	No known restrictions on publication	source
2003655370	Yale	[Yale Univ. football game: punter just having kicked ball before on-rushing opponents]	[between 1889 and 1895]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division	No known restrictions on publication	source
2013645849	Catholic	Ends of football at Catholic University Kelley, Mayer, Moore, McCann, and Howell.	[between 1920 and 1930?]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, National Photo Company Collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014684288	Syracuse	Carlisle v. Syracuse	[no date recorded on caption card]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014684288	Carlisle	Carlisle v. Syracuse	[no date recorded on caption card]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014684289	Syracuse	Carlisle v. Syracuse	[no date recorded on caption card]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014684289	Carlisle	Carlisle v. Syracuse	[no date recorded on caption card]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014684290	Syracuse	Carlisle v. Syracuse	[no date recorded on caption card]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014684290	Carlisle	Carlisle v. Syracuse	[no date recorded on caption card]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014684291	Syracuse	Carlisle v. Syracuse	[no date recorded on caption card]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014684291	Carlisle	Carlisle v. Syracuse	[no date recorded on caption card]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014684305	Yale	Yale varsity football team, before or after practice	[no date recorded on caption card]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014684306	Yale	Substitutes for Yale Varsity football team on bench, New Haven, Conn.	[no date recorded on caption card]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014688570	Yale	Paul Greenoug, Yale Center	[no date recorded on caption card]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014688726	Yale	Yale and Princeton	[no date recorded on caption card]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014688726	Princeton	Yale and Princeton	[no date recorded on caption card]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014688727	Yale	Yale-Princeton	[no date recorded on caption card]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014688727	Princeton	Yale-Princeton	[no date recorded on caption card]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014688742	Yale	Coy, Yale	[no date recorded on caption card]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014688761	Yale	Coy, Yale Football	[no date recorded on caption card]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014689712	Harvard	Leslie, Harvard	[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014689713	Harvard	Morrison, Harvard	[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014689714	Harvard	Football men exercising, Harvard.	[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014689716	Princeton	Princeton Candidates	[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014689717	Princeton	Capt. Hart, Princeton	[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014689718	Princeton	Capt. Hart – McGregor – Princeton	[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014689719	Yale	Head Coach Sanford, Yale	[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014689720	Yale	Sanford Teaching Men to Drop Ball, Yale	[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014689721	Yale	Baker, Yale	[11 November 1911]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014689722	Yale	Spaulding [i.e. Spalding], Yale	[30 October 1911]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014689723	Yale	Sanford drilling guards, Yale	[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014689724	Yale	Philbin, Yale	[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014689725	Yale	Sanford Trying out men for Centre, Yale	[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014689726	Pennsylvania	Norman Barr, Penn.	[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014689727	Pennsylvania	Jamison, Penn.	[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014689978	Army	[Army–Navy line up (?)]	[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014689978	Navy	[Army–Navy line up (?)]	[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014689981	Pennsylvania	Dutton, Penn.	[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014689982	Pennsylvania	Fenner, Penn.	[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014690742	Harvard	Gardner and Felton, Harvard	[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014690743	Harvard	Gardner and Felton, Harvard	[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014690801	Harvard	Milholland (Hvd.)	[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014690802	Harvard	Logan H’v’d (i.e., Harvard)	[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014690803	Harvard	Line-up, Harvard	[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014690953	Harvard	Harvard 1st & 2nd team scrimmage	[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014691565	Pennsylvania	Harrington (Penn)	[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014691793	Harvard	Harvard football team	[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014691897	Yale	Instructing Yale football team	[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source
2014694113	Harvard	Trumbull – H’v’d [i.e., Harvard]	[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]	photo	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection	No known restrictions on publication	source

The CSV and JSON hold the rows these filters find, up to 50,000, with the ids that link them to other datasets; the JSON also describes each column.

Columns (10, what each one holds)

Column	Type
`loc_id`	text	loc.gov/item/<id>/
`team_id`	whole number	The team’s id; links to its team page
`season`	whole number	The season (the year it began)
`game_id`	whole number	the game, when exactly one fits
`title`	text	the Library’s caption
`date`	text	as catalogued
`photo`	text	/media/photos/loc/<id>.jpg
`photo_credit`	text	Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, <collection>
`photo_license`	text	No known restrictions on publication
`photo_source`	text	the item’s page at loc.gov

How to cite

"Library of Congress photographs." CollegeFootballDigest, from Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs (no known restrictions on publication). https://collegefootballdigest.com/data/loc-photos. Retrieved October 19, 2026.

Name the original source, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs, and its license (no known restrictions on publication).