Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I'm going to watch my Bears play the Lions today then have a small family gathering. Hope you all find something to be thankful for today.
Hard to believe this beautiful card is 111 years old.
According to Wikipedia:
"On Thanksgiving Day afternoon (November 28), a crowd of 25,000 turned out in Philadelphia to watch unbeaten Pennsylvania host unbeaten Cornell. Quarterback Albert Miller guided Pennsylvania to a 17-4 win. Though Penn "found the boys from the shores of Lake Cayuga a harder proposition than she looked for", wrote a New York Times reporter, they "closed the season without once drinking from the bitter cup of defeat, and to-night her followers are claiming at least equal rank with Harvard.".
The University of Chicago Maroons in 1908
Of course, on the North Side, fans were still basking in the glow of the Cubs recent World Series repeat win over Ty Cobb and the Tigers from Detroit.
That postcard is such an awesome piece of history! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!
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