Yale Bowl
A photographic history with cited opening dates, collection history and individually credited images. Historic views, later photographs and illustrations are dated separately. This is a selected collection, not an exhaustive inventory.

id: SGC89-S1
title: Yale Athletics: Yale Bowl history
url: https://yalebulldogs.com/sports/2019/6/25/information-facilities-yale-bowl-index.aspx
summary: Official opening date, stadium design, historic uses and dimensions.
kind: Historical sources
date: Source dates described in record
credit: Yale Athletics: Yale Bowl history
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id: SGC89-S2
title: Library of Congress: First scrimmage in the Yale Bowl
url: https://www.loc.gov/item/2007663681/
summary: J. H. Candel’s 1914 panoramic photograph, copyrighted November 14, before the inaugural Harvard game.
kind: Historical sources
date: Source dates described in record
credit: Library of Congress: First scrimmage in the Yale Bowl
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id: PHOTO-66209592
title: Yale Bowl in 1936
kind: Photographs
date: 1936
institution: Yale Bowl
summary: Carl Van Vechten photographed the Bowl more than twenty years after its opening. The empty curves of seating make the stadium’s continuous shape especially clear.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Yale_Bowl,_New_Haven,_Connecticut_LCCN2004663820.jpg
credit: Carl Van Vechten; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-46546396
title: Yale Bowl from the air, 1924
kind: Photographs
date: 1924
institution: Yale Bowl
summary: A period aerial view shows the stadium, surrounding fields and roads. The Bowl opened a decade earlier, in November 1914.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yale_Bowl_in_1924_NARA.jpg
credit: Unknown author Unknown author or not provided; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-67280592
title: Richard M. Scovil in Yale’s opening season
kind: Photographs
date: November 7, 1914
institution: Yale Bowl
summary: A Bain News Service portrait of Yale player Richard M. Scovil, made before the Bowl’s official opening game. The catalog’s spelling is retained in the original source record.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scovill_(i.e.,_Scovill),_Yale_LCCN2014697966.jpg
credit: Bain News Service, publisher; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-67280633
title: Brann of Yale, 1914
kind: Photographs
date: November 7, 1914
institution: Yale Bowl
summary: Bain News Service’s portrait identifies the player as Brann. The stands behind him connect an individual athlete with the new stadium’s first season.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brann,_Yale_LCCN2014697969.jpg
credit: Bain News Service, publisher; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-67280626
title: Carroll W. Knowles, Yale football
kind: Photographs
date: November 5, 1914
institution: Yale Bowl
summary: A glass-negative portrait of Carroll W. Knowles, photographed shortly before the new Bowl’s opening game.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Knowles,_Yale_LCCN2014697968.jpg
credit: Bain News Service, publisher; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-67280725
title: Frank Hinkey and Tom Shevlin
kind: Photographs
date: November 7, 1914
institution: Yale Bowl
summary: The Bain photograph identifies Frank Hinkey and Tom Shevlin together beside the football stands during the 1914 season.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frank_Hinkey_-_Tom_Shevlin_LCCN2014697971.jpg
credit: Bain News Service, publisher; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-176111171
title: Yale scores against Georgia
kind: Photographs
date: Game: October 10, 1925; published October 11
institution: Yale Bowl
summary: A newspaper action photograph shows Billy Kline scoring for Yale. The game date and publication date are distinct.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Billy_Kline_of_Yale_scores_a_touchdown_vs._Georgia,_Oct._10,_1925.jpg
credit: Times Wide World Photos; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-155324126
title: Georgia attacks the Yale line
kind: Photographs
date: Published October 17, 1924
institution: Yale Bowl
summary: A Yale Press action photograph identifies J. D. Thomason carrying the ball against Yale. The retained printed caption belongs to the period publication.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J._D._Thomason_of_Georgia_Smashing_through_Yale,_1924_photo_by_Yale_Press.jpg
credit: The Yale Press; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-157435973
title: Army’s Cagle on a long run
kind: Photographs
date: October 27, 1928
institution: Yale Bowl
summary: A period photograph follows Cagle during a 51-yard run against Yale. The printed image captures movement across a field often seen only in panoramic stadium views.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cagle_of_Army_starting_51-yard_run_vs._Yale,_Oct._27,_1928.jpg
credit: Times Wide World Photo; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-178427538
title: A Princeton punt at New Haven
kind: Photographs
date: Game: November 14, 1925; published November 15
institution: Yale Bowl
summary: The newspaper photograph identifies Princeton’s Jake Slagle kicking against Yale. Publication followed the game by one day.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacob_Slagle_of_Princeton_getting_off_long_punt_vs._Yale,_Nov._14,_1925.jpg
credit: Times Wide World Photos; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-143765591
title: Yale Bowl aerial view 2023 (Quintin Soloviev)
kind: Photographs
date: 13 July 2023
institution: Yale Bowl
summary: Yale Bowl from above, 2023
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yale_Bowl_aerial_view_2023_(Quintin_Soloviev).jpg
credit: Quintin Soloviev; CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-82662871
title: Panorama of Yale Bowl
kind: Photographs
date: 2019-09-28
institution: Yale Bowl
summary: Panoramic image of Yale Bowl, the Yale University football field. Yale/Cornell football game, September 28, 2019. View from home stands; scoreboard at left.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Panorama_of_Yale_Bowl.jpg
credit: Kenneth Zirkel; CC BY-SA 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-1851276
title: Yale Bowl Exterior
kind: Photographs
date: 2006-11-11
institution: Yale Bowl
summary: Yale Bowl. There are 30 tunnels into the stadium. Doesn't look like much from the outside, does it? But it's huge on the inside.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yale_Bowl_Exterior.jpg
credit: Peter Dutton from Forest Hills, Queens, USA; CC BY 2.0; Wikimedia Commons
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id: PHOTO-16086805
title: Walter Camp Gate 1
kind: Photographs
date: August 2005
institution: Yale Bowl
summary: The Walter Camp Gate, entryway to the Yale Athletic Facilities on Derby Road.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walter_Camp_Gate_1.jpg
credit: T. S. Custadio aka ToddC4176 at en.wikipedia; CC BY-SA 3.0; Wikimedia Commons
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