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Lot # 542: 1939 University of Oregon Basketball Team Celebration from Inaugural NCAA National Championship Photograph

Category: Basketball

Starting Bid: $100.00

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Item was in Auction "Spring Classic 2021",
which ran from 2/25/2021 2:00 PM to
4/2/2021 11:00 PM



Historic photo dates from 1939 and relates to the very first NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. A throng of people celebrates the Oregon Ducks after their 46-33 triumph over Ohio State University on March 27, 1939. Clean 10x7.5" print has very minor creasing at corners, and handwritten caption on verso notes, "March 30, 1939 at Union Station, Portland, Ore., where 2,000 greeted Univ of Oregon team upon winning 1st NCAA hoop tourney at Northwestern Univ three days before." Back also has some tape residue and 1939 written in pencil.

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