Alert Lacrosse Club, 1905

Description

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Postcards

Description

This image is one in a series of postcards from the Reg Near collection. It is a team picture of the Alert Lacrosse Team in 1905. At this period of time, lacrosse was a more popular sport in Canada than baseball or hockey, appealing to both players and spectators. Hockey could not be played regularly in small communities with unreliable ice surfaces and unreliable weather for outdoor games, but lacrosse had many of the features that make hockey popular today - speed, action, and easily identifiable skills. Also present were the possibilities of violence and conflict.

Notes

Condition: Good - Some wear around edges, slight discolouration throughout.

Inscriptions

"Alert Lacrosse Club 1905
for old times [illegible]
St. Marys"

Dimensions

Width: 14 cm
Height: 8.6 cm

Image Dimensions

Image Width: 11.1cm
Image Height: 8.6cm

Subject(s)

Lacrosse
Sports
Sports Team

Personal Name(s)

Near, Reg.

Local identifier

RN6_98

Collection

Reg Near Postcards

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

St. Marys

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.25009 Longitude: -81.13304

Donor

Reg near

Copyright Statement

Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.

Recommended Citation

"Alert Lacrosse Club, 1905." St. Marys Museum, RN6_98.

Location of Original

R. Lorne Eedy Archive

Terms of Use

Reproduction of digital objects is restricted to fair use for personal research or study; any other use must be done with permission of copyright holder. As per request of donors on behalf of Reg Near, the original collection is to remain in the St. Marys Museum building and kept in the archival vault at all times. Retrieval from the vault is allowed for viewing under supervision of St. Marys Museum staff only.

Reproduction Notes