Vintage Late 1800's Harvard University Ice Hockey Team Photo James Notman Studio

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Fresh from a local estate we have this very early team photo of Harvard Crimson Ice Hockey team. This could be Harvard's first ice hockey team! The photo is signed Notman, believed to be James Notman, younger brother of William. Look at the early goalie pads! The photo is framed without glass and the matting does have water stains. Some scratches to front of the photo but still a great piece to add to your collection. Please see pictures and ask any questions. Overall measurements are 18 1/2" by 15 1/2" and sight measures 13 1/2" by 10".In 1866 John Sloan Notman opened a photographic studio in Boston. He was the younger brother of William Notman, the Montreal-based overlord of an extensive kinship-based photographic empire built on collegiate portraiture. Backed by William's money and the business acumen of J.M. Gatehouse, J. Notman, Boston quickly established itself as an important diversified photographic business. Located on Tremont Street, it flourished briefly, provoked a partnership rupture, endured a move to Winter Street, then dexpired ignominiously in 1868. William Notman, meantime, poached George Warren's lucrative relationship photographing Harvard's classes. When a change in the U.S. Postal regulations threatened the international commerce of Notman's college business in the United States, William dispatched various relations read more