Hockey has changed

[Captain Slack]

The Library of Congress posted this photo on their Flickr steam last week:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3118/2830026439_5ee1ea8460_o.jpg

Quite a difference from today, huh?

[puck_it]

is that Glen Wesley?

[Canesluver]

What's cool about the photo - and you could compare it to any team photo in any decade - is that it's also a time capsule of the era, even though they're in uniform.

Judging from the hairstyles, the cut of the coaches/owners' suits & shirt collars, the baggy sweaters (pre-dating synthetics), I'd say this photo dates somewhere between 1918 to 1922.

I love photos like these and collect them-- purely to use for fashion history research.

[Caniac]

Look how thick the blades are on their sticks!

[G-Vegas Caniac]

Yeah I bet the cross-checks from those sticks felt good..:lol:

[Captain Slack]

CL: You're close on the date of the photo. The LOC has been posting shots taken by the Bain Photo Agency for awhile now. Most of them date from between 1912-1918.

[Canesluver]

Oh, snap! :D I was thinking WWI-era, but that it could possibly be early 20's, too.

[apolinar]

Top left:Scott Walker's great grandpa. (Just speculating)

[Caniac]

I thought he looks like Scottie too!

[puck_it]

idunno, he does have the matt cullen hair-do

[Fernando da Silva]

That D was an early Red Wings logo, no?

[Captain Slack]

They're not the Red Wings (or the Falcons as they were originally called). They didn't start playing until 1926 & this photo is about 10 years older than that. Most of the photos in this series were taken in New York City. Probably a local team?