Lacrosse

RPI Lacrosse Team members, enroute to London aboard the Marine Flasher, pose with Susan Blanchard, daughter of Oscar Hammerstein II.

Typed text attached to the back of this image reads as follows: Members of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute lacrosse team, embarking from New York City aboard the Marine Flasher today (July 2) to appear as the only American lacrosse team at the World Olympic Games in England, explain the fine points of the sport to miss Susan Blanchard, pretty daughter of playwright Oscar Hammerstein II. She is on her way to Paris. PHOTO GRATIS.....FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. Image #1999 is duplicated in #2010-12 Lacrosse Clipping Book.

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