Kansas School for the Deaf Basketball Team

Description: 

Photograph of the Kansas School for the Deaf 1918-1919 basketball team. Ten young men standing in a line, facing to the left, wearing tall socks, shorts, and sleeveless shirts. A basketball is on the ground in front of the players. The school was established in Olathe in 1866 and provides education, vocational training, and athletics for deaf students in Kansas.

Students are identified as, from left to right: Merrill Peppard, Harold Collier, Charles Metcalf, Joe Paxton, Robert Jackson, Fountain Williams, Nathan Lahn, Archie Grier, David Kreisel, and Joe Weber.

Genre: 
Date: 
1918
Owning Organization: 
Modern Location: 
450 East Park Street
Olathe, KS
Rights Statement: 
http://www.jocohistory.org/digital/custom/ksdterms
Digital Object Identifier: 
KSD1073
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