1948 Olympics

Posted by T. A. Gobert on February 13, 2018
With the 2018 Winter Olympic Games underway, this is a good time to highlight a recent acquisition in the Institute Archives and Special Collections: a lacrosse uniform worn in the XIV Olympiad in the summer of 1948!
Posted by John Dojka on April 23, 2008
Every month or so, I select an image to feature on our home page, and today I chose a picture of the 1948 lacrosse team. The fun fact about this team is that they represented the United States in a demonstration game against England in the 1948 Summer Olympics. So the match was essentially RPI vs. England.
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