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George Orton (1873-1958), Canadian runner, track coach at Penn: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orton

He looks 50 years old. Look how big that ball is compared to today's football. No wonder they didn't pass it much. It would be like passing the Goodyear Blimp.

Could this be a "R. C. Hill" from this photo (depicting the 1888 football team of the University of Pennsylvania)? www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/sports/football/180... (If this Hill indeed attended the university in 1888/1889, then the apparent age of the man on this 1913 photo fits. ) Who might be the "Robert C. Hill" who gave his name to the Hill College House - hill.house.upenn.edu/old_website/history.html

Here is the 1913 Penn Quakers roster: Walter Avery Guy Bloom Robert Bolger Donald Carter A. R. Crane William Griffith Edward Harris Robert Hill Albert Journeay W. Harold Kelly Frederick Koons Richard Marshall Thomas Merrell Chester Minds Lawrence Murdoch J. C. Peden Edward Russell Charles Seelbach Frank Tighe Van Horn Wolf Louis Young www.fanbase.com/Pennsylvania-Quakers-Football-1913/roster A 1918 obituary from the Pennsylvania Gazette, notes that Robert Brinton Hill, who had played for Penn in 1911, 1912 and 1913, had enlisted in the British Royal Flying Corps, and had died. "ACCORDING to newspaper reports Second Lieutenant Robert Brinton Hill, a graduate of the Towne Scientific School, class of 1914, has been killed by an accident in France. Lieutenant Hill was a member of the British Royal Flying Corps. He enlisted in Canada last August and went over-seas in December. No further details have been received concerning his death. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Everett Hill, of Orange, N. J. During his undergraduate days Lieutenant Hill was. a member of the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. He was a member of the football squads in 1911, 1012 and 1913, and a member of the gymnastic team in 1912. After his graduation he became manager of the Bureau of Accident Prevention and Insurance for the Portland Cement Association in Chicago. He was also a member of the Executive Committee of the Chicago Council of the National Safety Council." books.google.com/books?id=wbvmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA882&l... It is likely that this picture is Robert B. Hill.

artolog: You're right, it does seem probable this is the same Hill. We will include his full name next time we update the description.

I added his to Wikidata: Robert Brinton Hill (1892-1918) www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97141566

Mrs. Nicholas Biddle née Sarah Lippincott (1894–1962), was a daughter of Joshua Bertram Lippincott (1857-1940) and Joanna (née Wharton) Lippincott (1858-1938). One of her grandfathers, Joshua Bertram Lippincott (1857-1940), founded the J. B. Lippincott & Company, publishers, and the other, Joseph Wharton (1826-1909), founded the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, co-founded the Bethlehem Steel company, and was one of the founders of Swarthmore College. On February 11, 1915, she married Nicholas Biddle (1893–1977), son of Edward Biddle III (1851-1933) and Lillian Howard Lee (1862-1946). He graduated from Princeton University in 1916 and went into the insurance business. Nicholas served a lifelong term with the National Guard, was active in both World Wars, and his service with the Army reserves earned him the rank of Brigadier General. Nicholas Biddle was a well-noted, big-game hunter and was commissioned to travel the world and bring back specimens; some of his ‘trophies’ still reside at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Nicholas and Sarah had three sons, Nicholas Biddle, Jr. (1917-2013), John Scott Biddle (1925-2008), and Wharton G. Biddle (b.1928); and two daughters, Sarah Lee Biddle (Mrs. William F. Stokes, Jr.) (1921-2014), and Joanna Wharton Biddle (Mrs. Lewis Johnson) (1915-2008). Presuming the publishing date of c.1915, Mrs. Biddle is likely holding her daughter Joanna. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Pixel Wrangler: The baby might be son Nicholas, born 1917, since the neighboring photos are from 1917.

Thanks Pixel Wrangler for locating this woman's name. We'll add it to our catalog record.

swanq : Truth is, I have no clue ;) so using the dates of the neighboring photos is probably better than using a circa date! I'm also *not* the go-to person for recognizing baby clothes to give a clue to the baby's gender;) I couldn't find any published photos of this photograph looking through Chronicling America, etc.

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