when you write, write to the coach.... and have someone take a look at the trophy case for the trophy and a photo... On 2/11/06, Bonnie <[email protected]> wrote: > I am not Jackye, but I can respond to your question as my dad was on the > team with her dad. My dad had a newspaper photograph of the winning > basketball team that he had framed in his office for many many years. > After his death I got the picture. Unfortunately he encased it in clear > contact paper, and it has wrinkles in it - one over my dad's face and > one over Jackye's dad's face. The photo is from some newspaper, and in > the bottom right corner of the paper it says "Heard-Exam", which we take > to mean the Herald Examiner. As Jackye said, we have had Molly Kennedy > check that paper at the Lincoln Library in Springfield, as they hold > copies for that time period. The date, which was cut out and pasted at > the bottom of the photo was March 1, 1927. We have been able to find > articles on the game, along with information on a riot by school > students after the big win, but cant seem to find the original of the > photo anyplace. If it was taken by a Herald Examiner photographer might > it have appeared in a different paper, and that would explain the Herald > Exam at the bottom of the photo? I scanned a copy of the photo and sent > it to Jackye, but we would both really love to get a better copy. > > Bonnie > > -- > > Bonnie J. Selig, RAOGK Volunteer, Find A Grave County Keeper, Jo Daviess Co., IL > > Researching B l a c k b u r n, D e p p m a n, G r o s s m a n, H e r b s t, S e l i g and G o d f r e y > Visit my Genealogy Homepage: http://tinyurl.com/4zq7z > > > > > > > > > > > ==== IL-COOK-CHICAGO Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from Digest: Send a message to > [email protected] > that contains (in the body of the message) the command unsubscribe > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >