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KeithThat was a nice flea market find; nice photo. I am guessing no photographer marks or anyother identifying marks, right?
I don't think its a Kutztown photo - I am fairly certain Kutztown was called the Keystone State Normal School , and there was actually a photo on ebay a while back from the early 1890s that was from Kutztown and the ball was marked KSNS.
I did some google research but couldn't come up wtih anything. I do think that it is of some Normal School. Alot of schools that were called Normal Schools were later renamed, so maybe even try to find out if different Colleges starting with the letter P were ever normal schools - probably a long shot but should be a fun research project.
I have attached a photo I have of a Normal School. The school is Kansas Normal School (kansas state normal school) which later became the Emporia State University. In the photo they are holding a trophy ball from a game wtih the College of Emporia. I think the photo dates to the early 1900's - probably just a few years earlier than yours.
