Significance

This photograph holds historical significance as it depicts an AFL team in Emerald in 1977. This gives us further context on our understanding of sport in Emerald. This image could be useful for someone researching the history of AFL in Emerald. The photograph clearly shows the players on the team at the time as well as parts of Emeralds AFL field. Further research is needed on this team and its members.

Physical description

Rectangular colour photograph printed on matte photographic paper. The colour photograph depicts a 1977 football team, they wear red shorts and black shirts with a red diagonal band running across them from the top right to the bottom left of the shirts. They are lined up in 2 lines one behind the other with the front row squatting down and a man stands on the left side beside the back row of players in a green sweater and jeans another man in a white shirt with a small white box in front of him squats beside the front line to the right. They are standing on a football field, you can see the goal posts off to the left behind them and a row of cars can be seen parked at the edge of the football field, just in front of the cars behind the metal football field fence you can see a small crowd of people, beyond the cars you can see a row of tree's.

Inscriptions & markings

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U17 1977 PREMIERS 34