Today's Tidbit... The 1905 Big Game Before Photoshop

Cal and Stanford first met on the gridiron in March 1892. They played again in December of that year and then annually until 1905, a game represented in the RPPC below. The image, of course, is a fabrication created using scissors and glue in the pre-Photoshop days.

The fans in the background attended the game in 1904, not 1905, when designated men wrapped white shawls and turbans to form a giant S in the stands. To the right, another group supported their team by wearing cardinal and white strip...