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Title: 1920 basketball team photograph
Post by: Skinny on January 16, 2018, 08:57:18 AM

Hey everyone, I bought this old photo at an antique store a while ago for about two dollars. I'm about to frame it and hang it up, but I'd like to know a little more about it if I could. It seems to be an original from the period. The ball they are holding says "1920 TSC Civil". Is it basketball? Im just a little confused by the kneepads that a few of the guys are wearing. Are they engineering students? Are old photos like this worth anything? Any insight would be appreciated!

Title: Re: 1920 basketball team photograph
Post by: mart on January 16, 2018, 01:35:21 PM

https://www.taylorstattencamps.com/tsc-history/

Could be from this camp !!

Title: Re: 1920 basketball team photograph
Post by: Pelady on January 16, 2018, 04:12:48 PM

Yes it is basketball. Yes they wore knee pads.

https://m.imgur.com/gallery/7lfG3hM

I see people asking 20 to 30 dollars on eBay.  If you look at past sales though they are actually selling for much less.

PeLady

Title: Re: 1920 basketball team photograph
Post by: mart on January 16, 2018, 06:37:23 PM

To add to PeLady`s post,, also read that children and ladies also wore knee pads to protect the legs from damage!!  Guess it was a fashion statement too !!  The haves and the have nots so to speak !!  My knee pads are prettier than your knee pads !!    ;D

Title: Re: 1920 basketball team photograph
Post by: SophieMarie on January 16, 2018, 07:11:36 PM

Okay, so I focused in on the word, CIVIL.  I was thinking maybe TSC stood either for Trenton State College (founded in 1855 and now The College of NJ), or Tennessee Supreme Court (1841). 

Now, the question is:  Are those the male bodies of engineering students or attorneys with knee pads?

I'll let Mart be the judge of that ha!

Title: Re: 1920 basketball team photograph
Post by: Skinny on January 16, 2018, 07:27:10 PM

Yeah, the 'TSC Civil' could be referring to a school, a specific program within a school, a company or outfit that they all work for etc. They all look college age to me though. I've tried googling it, and it wasn't too much help

Title: Re: 1920 basketball team photograph
Post by: SophieMarie on January 16, 2018, 07:36:57 PM

Yes Skinny I think they look more like college students as well...but had no luck finding anything about Trenton State College basketball team in 1920.

Title: Re: 1920 basketball team photograph
Post by: mart on January 17, 2018, 07:54:15 PM

I haven`t found anything on this team !!  No pics or info !!  Evidently  they were not that good !!
Try emailing the camp I linked to !!  If not theirs they may know of others !!  Yes I know its a Canadian team but its not unusual for things to wind up here !!  Especially if you live in he northern states !!