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SGC-89 · Research edition September 24, 2026
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.
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.
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A period aerial view shows the stadium, surrounding fields and roads. The Bowl opened a decade earlier, in November 1914.
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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.
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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.
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A glass-negative portrait of Carroll W. Knowles, photographed shortly before the new Bowl’s opening game.
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The Bain photograph identifies Frank Hinkey and Tom Shevlin together beside the football stands during the 1914 season.
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A newspaper action photograph shows Billy Kline scoring for Yale. The game date and publication date are distinct.
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A Yale Press action photograph identifies J. D. Thomason carrying the ball against Yale. The retained printed caption belongs to the period publication.
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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.
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The newspaper photograph identifies Princeton’s Jake Slagle kicking against Yale. Publication followed the game by one day.
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Yale Bowl from above, 2023
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Panoramic image of Yale Bowl, the Yale University football field. Yale/Cornell football game, September 28, 2019. View from home stands; scoreboard at left.
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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.
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The Walter Camp Gate, entryway to the Yale Athletic Facilities on Derby Road.
Image credit and sourceOn November 21, 1914, Yale and Harvard played the opening game in a stadium unlike the familiar grandstands of earlier football grounds. The seating curved around the whole field. From outside, much of the stadium’s scale remained hidden; through its entrances, spectators emerged into an enormous bowl. Yale’s own history identifies it as the first football venue with seating completely surrounding the playing surface. [SGC89-S1]
The photographs bring that first era down to human scale. Glass negatives show players and coaches in 1914, while later action pictures follow runners and kickers across the field. They belong beside the sweeping stadium views: the same place could feel like a sea of people from above and an intensely physical contest at ground level. Candel’s pre-opening panorama records a scrimmage, not the official first game. [SGC89-S2]
The Bowl’s public life extended beyond college football to professional football, international soccer, concerts and the 1995 Special Olympic World Games. Entrances, seating and the surrounding athletic grounds changed, but the encircling shape remained its signature. The gallery pairs period photographs with dated recent views so visitors can compare the stadium’s enduring form with the changing crowds and city around it. [SGC89-S1]
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SGC89-S1 · Historical sources · Source dates described in record
Official opening date, stadium design, historic uses and dimensions.
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Credit: Yale Athletics: Yale Bowl history. Cite SGC SGC-89, SGC89-S1, source title, page and URL; accessed 2026-09-24.SGC89-S2 · Historical sources · Source dates described in record
J. H. Candel’s 1914 panoramic photograph, copyrighted November 14, before the inaugural Harvard game.
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Credit: Library of Congress: First scrimmage in the Yale Bowl. Cite SGC SGC-89, SGC89-S2, source title, page and URL; accessed 2026-09-24.PHOTO-66209592 · Photographs · 1936
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.
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Credit: Carl Van Vechten; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons. Cite SGC SGC-89, PHOTO-66209592, source title, page and URL; accessed 2026-09-24.PHOTO-46546396 · Photographs · 1924
A period aerial view shows the stadium, surrounding fields and roads. The Bowl opened a decade earlier, in November 1914.
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Credit: Unknown author Unknown author or not provided; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons. Cite SGC SGC-89, PHOTO-46546396, source title, page and URL; accessed 2026-09-24.PHOTO-67280592 · Photographs · November 7, 1914
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.
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Credit: Bain News Service, publisher; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons. Cite SGC SGC-89, PHOTO-67280592, source title, page and URL; accessed 2026-09-24.PHOTO-67280633 · Photographs · November 7, 1914
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.
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Credit: Bain News Service, publisher; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons. Cite SGC SGC-89, PHOTO-67280633, source title, page and URL; accessed 2026-09-24.PHOTO-67280626 · Photographs · November 5, 1914
A glass-negative portrait of Carroll W. Knowles, photographed shortly before the new Bowl’s opening game.
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Credit: Bain News Service, publisher; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons. Cite SGC SGC-89, PHOTO-67280626, source title, page and URL; accessed 2026-09-24.PHOTO-67280725 · Photographs · November 7, 1914
The Bain photograph identifies Frank Hinkey and Tom Shevlin together beside the football stands during the 1914 season.
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Credit: Bain News Service, publisher; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons. Cite SGC SGC-89, PHOTO-67280725, source title, page and URL; accessed 2026-09-24.PHOTO-176111171 · Photographs · Game: October 10, 1925; published October 11
A newspaper action photograph shows Billy Kline scoring for Yale. The game date and publication date are distinct.
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Credit: Times Wide World Photos; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons. Cite SGC SGC-89, PHOTO-176111171, source title, page and URL; accessed 2026-09-24.PHOTO-155324126 · Photographs · Published October 17, 1924
A Yale Press action photograph identifies J. D. Thomason carrying the ball against Yale. The retained printed caption belongs to the period publication.
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Credit: The Yale Press; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons. Cite SGC SGC-89, PHOTO-155324126, source title, page and URL; accessed 2026-09-24.PHOTO-157435973 · Photographs · October 27, 1928
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.
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Credit: Times Wide World Photo; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons. Cite SGC SGC-89, PHOTO-157435973, source title, page and URL; accessed 2026-09-24.PHOTO-178427538 · Photographs · Game: November 14, 1925; published November 15
The newspaper photograph identifies Princeton’s Jake Slagle kicking against Yale. Publication followed the game by one day.
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Credit: Times Wide World Photos; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons. Cite SGC SGC-89, PHOTO-178427538, source title, page and URL; accessed 2026-09-24.PHOTO-143765591 · Photographs · 13 July 2023
Yale Bowl from above, 2023
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Credit: Quintin Soloviev; CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons. Cite SGC SGC-89, PHOTO-143765591, source title, page and URL; accessed 2026-09-24.PHOTO-82662871 · Photographs · 2019-09-28
Panoramic image of Yale Bowl, the Yale University football field. Yale/Cornell football game, September 28, 2019. View from home stands; scoreboard at left.
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Credit: Kenneth Zirkel; CC BY-SA 4.0; Wikimedia Commons. Cite SGC SGC-89, PHOTO-82662871, source title, page and URL; accessed 2026-09-24.PHOTO-1851276 · Photographs · 2006-11-11
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.
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Credit: Peter Dutton from Forest Hills, Queens, USA; CC BY 2.0; Wikimedia Commons. Cite SGC SGC-89, PHOTO-1851276, source title, page and URL; accessed 2026-09-24.PHOTO-16086805 · Photographs · August 2005
The Walter Camp Gate, entryway to the Yale Athletic Facilities on Derby Road.
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Credit: T. S. Custadio aka ToddC4176 at en.wikipedia; CC BY-SA 3.0; Wikimedia Commons. Cite SGC SGC-89, PHOTO-16086805, source title, page and URL; accessed 2026-09-24.
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