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This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of photos and articles of Lawrence High School’s football team from the 1940 and 1941 seasons. The images capture scenes from football games and practices describing the game in play-by-play descriptions, or images of the entire team or players. The creator of the scrapbook, Joe De Filippo, wrote captions on many of these images, noting which team had won the game or which player contributed most. Notably, there is one image of the entire team in which De Filippo's caption jokingly states that military recruiters were waiting for the football players just after this photo was taken, as this scrapbook documents the years 1940-1942. De Fillippo’s captions also highlight the cultural significance of this era of LHS football because he highlights that their success in the season of 1940 was unheard of in Lawrence sports history.

This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of photos and articles of Lawrence High School’s football team from the 1940 and 1941 seasons. The images capture scenes from football games and practices describing the game in play-by-play descriptions, or images of the entire team or players. The creator of the scrapbook, Joe De Filippo, wrote captions on many of these images, noting which team had won the game or which player contributed most. Notably, there is one image of the entire team in which De Filippo's caption jokingly states that military recruiters were waiting for the football players just after this photo was taken, as this scrapbook documents the years 1940-1942. De Fillippo’s captions also highlight the cultural significance of this era of LHS football because he highlights that their success in the season of 1940 was unheard of in Lawrence sports history.

This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of photos and articles of Lawrence High School’s football team from the 1940 and 1941 seasons. The images capture scenes from football games and practices describing the game in play-by-play descriptions, or images of the entire team or players. The creator of the scrapbook, Joe De Filippo, wrote captions on many of these images, noting which team had won the game or which player contributed most. Notably, there is one image of the entire team in which De Filippo's caption jokingly states that military recruiters were waiting for the football players just after this photo was taken, as this scrapbook documents the years 1940-1942. De Fillippo’s captions also highlight the cultural significance of this era of LHS football because he highlights that their success in the season of 1940 was unheard of in Lawrence sports history.

This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of photos and articles of Lawrence High School’s football team from the 1940 and 1941 seasons. The images capture scenes from football games and practices describing the game in play-by-play descriptions, or images of the entire team or players. The creator of the scrapbook, Joe De Filippo, wrote captions on many of these images, noting which team had won the game or which player contributed most. Notably, there is one image of the entire team in which De Filippo's caption jokingly states that military recruiters were waiting for the football players just after this photo was taken, as this scrapbook documents the years 1940-1942. De Fillippo’s captions also highlight the cultural significance of this era of LHS football because he highlights that their success in the season of 1940 was unheard of in Lawrence sports history.

This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of photos and articles of Lawrence High School’s football team from the 1940 and 1941 seasons. The images capture scenes from football games and practices describing the game in play-by-play descriptions, or images of the entire team or players. The creator of the scrapbook, Joe De Filippo, wrote captions on many of these images, noting which team had won the game or which player contributed most. Notably, there is one image of the entire team in which De Filippo's caption jokingly states that military recruiters were waiting for the football players just after this photo was taken, as this scrapbook documents the years 1940-1942. De Fillippo’s captions also highlight the cultural significance of this era of LHS football because he highlights that their success in the season of 1940 was unheard of in Lawrence sports history.

This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of photos and articles of Lawrence High School’s football team from the 1940 and 1941 seasons. The images capture scenes from football games and practices describing the game in play-by-play descriptions, or images of the entire team or players. The creator of the scrapbook, Joe De Filippo, wrote captions on many of these images, noting which team had won the game or which player contributed most. Notably, there is one image of the entire team in which De Filippo's caption jokingly states that military recruiters were waiting for the football players just after this photo was taken, as this scrapbook documents the years 1940-1942. De Fillippo’s captions also highlight the cultural significance of this era of LHS football because he highlights that their success in the season of 1940 was unheard of in Lawrence sports history.

This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of photos and articles of Lawrence High School’s football team from the 1940 and 1941 seasons. The images capture scenes from football games and practices describing the game in play-by-play descriptions, or images of the entire team or players. The creator of the scrapbook, Joe De Filippo, wrote captions on many of these images, noting which team had won the game or which player contributed most. Notably, there is one image of the entire team in which De Filippo's caption jokingly states that military recruiters were waiting for the football players just after this photo was taken, as this scrapbook documents the years 1940-1942. De Fillippo’s captions also highlight the cultural significance of this era of LHS football because he highlights that their success in the season of 1940 was unheard of in Lawrence sports history.

This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of photos and articles of Lawrence High School’s football team from the 1940 and 1941 seasons. The images capture scenes from football games and practices describing the game in play-by-play descriptions, or images of the entire team or players. The creator of the scrapbook, Joe De Filippo, wrote captions on many of these images, noting which team had won the game or which player contributed most. Notably, there is one image of the entire team in which De Filippo's caption jokingly states that military recruiters were waiting for the football players just after this photo was taken, as this scrapbook documents the years 1940-1942. De Fillippo’s captions also highlight the cultural significance of this era of LHS football because he highlights that their success in the season of 1940 was unheard of in Lawrence sports history.

This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of photos and articles of Lawrence High School’s football team from the 1940 and 1941 seasons. The images capture scenes from football games and practices describing the game in play-by-play descriptions, or images of the entire team or players. The creator of the scrapbook, Joe De Filippo, wrote captions on many of these images, noting which team had won the game or which player contributed most. Notably, there is one image of the entire team in which De Filippo's caption jokingly states that military recruiters were waiting for the football players just after this photo was taken, as this scrapbook documents the years 1940-1942. De Fillippo’s captions also highlight the cultural significance of this era of LHS football because he highlights that their success in the season of 1940 was unheard of in Lawrence sports history.

This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of photos and articles of Lawrence High School’s football team from the 1940 and 1941 seasons. The images capture scenes from football games and practices describing the game in play-by-play descriptions, or images of the entire team or players. The creator of the scrapbook, Joe De Filippo, wrote captions on many of these images, noting which team had won the game or which player contributed most. Notably, there is one image of the entire team in which De Filippo's caption jokingly states that military recruiters were waiting for the football players just after this photo was taken, as this scrapbook documents the years 1940-1942. De Fillippo’s captions also highlight the cultural significance of this era of LHS football because he highlights that their success in the season of 1940 was unheard of in Lawrence sports history.