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Photograph of Lecompton High School Basketball Team of 1917. Seven team members and their coach are posed outside of the High School (formerly the Lane University building). The school can be seen in the distance on the right, the bell tower is in the distance on the left. The team members are wearing tank tops and shorts. The middle player is holding a basketball painted with "17 LHS." The coach is standing behind the players, wearing a suit; back row, left to right: Billy Richards (sophomore; married Ruth Nace), Clarence Smith (coach), Herman Banks (sophomore; married Rebecca Miller); Middle row: Harvey Glenn (junior; married Fay Todhunter), Dick Richards (senior), Ship Winter (senior; married Fay Young); Front row: Don Stark (freshman), Elmer Shirley (junior). Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.
Date: 1917
Item Number: 440663
Call Number: Lecompton Historical Society 02753
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 440663
Collections - Contributing Institutions - Lecompton Historical Society
Collections - Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board (KSHRAB) - Kansas Digital Access to Historical Records (KDAHR)
Community Life - Recreation and Sports - Sports - Basketball
Date - 1910s - 1917
Education - Secondary - Students
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Lecompton
Places - Counties - Douglas
Type of Material - Photographs
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