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The Olympia High School Bears host the Vancouver Trappers on Thanksgiving Day in 1929. The teams are seen playing on Stevens Field. Olympia High School, then located across the street from Capitol Campus, had no field of its own. The game’s final score: 14-0 Bears. Photograph selected by Deborah Ross on behalf of the Olympia Historical Society and Bigelow House Museum; caption credit Secretary of State blog, May 2009. More information is available at olympiahistory.org.