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Originally Posted by kjjavic
Fantastic poster Bill. I won this one at auction (don't have it yet) and I would assume its from the same years as yours. I was able to date it to 1897. I don't think Akron is Buchtel College as Carlton stated in his article, because I found articles mentioning that Buchtel College had practice games versus the Akron Football Club (Akron AC). I am not sure who the Deaf Mutes were in your poster, but I would assume that your Akron is the Akron Football Club as well.
Here is an image of the DAC vs AKron poster as well as 2 articles - one from Tuesday November 2, 1897 mentioning the upcoming game, and a box score from an article November 8 that features details of the game.
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Congrats keith...really nice grab...