We are currently in the midst of Homecoming week! Many of you are probably gearing up for the football game on Saturday, so we thought it would be fun to spend this Throwback Thursday looking at Ship's football programs from years past.
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| Ship football game, November 1977 |
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| This program is the oldest in the collection! Shippensburg vs. Millersville, November 6, 1926 |
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| Shippensburg vs. Indiana, November 14, 1942 |
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| Shippensburg vs. Slippery Rock, November 18, 1950 |
Each program cover is a product of its time. On the cover above, a young woman is accompanied by a man smoking a cigarette. Cigarette advertisements were very common during the 1950s, and can be found in many university publications of the era.
Illustrated covers were the norm until the 1960s when photographic covers emerged, triggering a shift in printing and editorial practices. Many covers still used illustrations through the 1970s, or blended the two forms into a collage.
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| 1972 program depicting collage style cover |
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| Shippensburg vs. Edinboro, November 9, 1985 |
Covers in the 1980s were more experimental, as graphic artists manipulated photographs through color change and effects. In the 1990s and 2000s, action shots began to take center stage.
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| Shippensburg vs. California, November 6, 1999 |
Go Red Raiders! We hope everyone has a fun Homecoming weekend!
Want to learn more about Ship's history? No need to wait for the next Throwback Thursday! Contact
Archives & Special Collections via e-mail:
specialcollections@ship.edu or phone: 717-477-1516.
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