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• Football Squad Colored YMCA
  YMCA Football team, champions in 1908. Although the team carried the "Princeton YMCA" name, its players were not affiliated with Princeton University but rather with the local Black YMCA chapter.
• Base-ball-to-day Philadelphia Giants the fastest colored team in base ball vs Dixfield A.A.
  The Handbill for Philadelphia Giants game, playing at Harlow Park, Dixfield at 3 P.M. Formed in 1902, the Philadelphia Giants was a powerhouse independent Black team until disbanding in 1911, forced by player defections (Wikipedia contributors 2025).
• Letter addressed to “Sir or Madam” from City of Philadelphia Department of Public Welfare, Bureau of Recreation about reporting to Funfield Recreation Center “to demonstrate your life saving and swimming ability and training,” June 18, 1942
  Department of Public Welfare, Bureau of Recreation letter about swim certification; a 1942 letter from the City of Philadelphia Department of Public Welfare, Bureau of Recreation about swimming training