Picture of georgia tech football game during 1918 pandemic. A note on the back of the picture reads georgia tech during 1918 pandemic mcneils great grandfather thomas carter took the picture. 16 1918 edition of the atlanta constitution about the georgia tech football team. David hookstead is the true king in the north when it comes to college football check out the incredible photo below.
Fans at a georgia tech football game during 1918 pandemic. This undated photo provided by georgia tech alumnus andy mcneil shows a georgia tech home game during the 1918 college football season. Thats when the sport was hit by the spanish flu and the end of world war i.
This undated photo provided by georgia tech alumnus andy mcneil shows a georgia tech home game during the 1918 college football season. The possibility of holding some form of the 2020 college football season during a pandemic has sent folks scurrying to research the 1918 season. 1918 georgia tech home game that was taken by a.
It noted fans at the oct. Mcneil first found the images as a child. As with the mlb season fans attending college football games wore masks as shown in these photos of a georgia tech game at grant field in 1918.
A copy of a story in the oct. The photo was taken by georgia tech student thomas carter. Tony barnhart tweeted a photo of masked fans at a georgia tech football game back in 1918 during the spanish flu pandemic.
Here is a photo of an undetermined georgia tech home game during the 1918 college football season. Thomas carter was an undergraduate at the time and. During the deadly second wave of the 1918 pandemic georgia tech still managed to play seven games six at home and one on the road that was rescheduled for pitt.
When the coronavirus started i was like wow i had a family member who lived through. 12 furman game wearing influenza masks like bandits of.