Boston Engraving Company (after Henry Sandham), Harvard–Yale Football Match, November 21, 1891, 1891

A papier-maché mold of a Harvard-Yale football game from 1891.

Photomechanical relief process. Gift of Boston Engraving Co. Cat. No. 380.

 

This rare example of dry flong, a mold for casting a stereotype printing plate, is part of a sequence of process materials in the exhibition that demonstrated key steps in reproducing an image in a newspaper. In this instance, the image is a drawing based on a photograph taken at the 1891 Harvard–Yale football game, which took place less than two months before the exhibition opened.