The Olympia High School football team of 1909 included the children of many of Olympia’s most prominent citizens. The sweaters, emblazoned with a capital “O,” were made at Olympia Knitting Mills, then in its infancy. Eventually the company grew to become a large operation that shipped knitted sportswear as far away as China.
Unidentified photographer, 1909, State Capital Museum collection, Washington State Historical Society, catalog C1949.18.28
Text © Deborah Ross and The Olympian 2020