1908 Football Players Early American Game Printed Germany Antique Postcard For Sale

Early American Football Players in Action — Antique Postcard Postmarked 1908

• Color illustration showing football players in early uniforms lined up on a grassy playing field.
• Players wear long-sleeved jerseys, padded trousers, long stockings, and early football headgear.
• Additional figures and buildings appear in the background.
• Early twentieth-century American football sporting subject.
• Divided-back postcard.
• Printed in Germany.
• Illustrated Postal Card Co., New York–Germany, identified on reverse.
• Printed number 185-3.
• Postmarked 1908.
• Mailed from: Sanborn, Iowa.
• Mailed to: Sibley, Iowa.
• Addressed to Maynard Colburn, Sibley, Iowa.

Condition: Noticeable corner wear, including small abrasions and paper loss at several corners. Additional edge wear, scattered spots, and light surface marks. Reverse has postal cancellation, original stamp, and handwritten address and message. Please review all scans for exact condition. This is an authentic, original postcard and not a photocopy or reproduction. Vintage and antique postcards may show normal age-related imperfections, including corner or edge wear, creasing, fading, foxing, yellowing, tears, scratches, scuffing, curling, soiling, or folds. Please review all scans carefully and use the zoom feature for an accurate depiction of condition. Feel free to ask any questions if you need additional information.