If you ever have a few moments to browse the Furman University digital collections for unique and interesting images, an excellent place to start is the Furman Glass Plate Negatives collection. The digital collection contains materials from both Furman University and Greenville Woman’s College from the 1910s through the 1930s. Tucked away in this digital collection is the following image of a young boy.
Taken in 1928 or 1929, the image shows a boy at Manly Athletic Field (on the old downtown Greenville campus of Furman University) clutching a football.
There is something charming and endearing about the old photograph. Perhaps it is the serious look on the lad’s face, or the smudge of dirt on his cheek, or the fact that his arm is barely long enough to hold the football, or his stance with stockinged feet slightly parted and hand extended in mid-air. Whatever the reason, this particular image reached out from the annals of time and put a smile on my face. I hope it does the same for you.
