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Knute Rockne

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Knute Rockne

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Auction Date:2014 Jan 15 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
ALS signed “K. K. Rockne,” one page, 8 x 10.5, University of Notre Dame letterhead, March 18, 1929. Letter to C. F. Rudman of the National Carbon Company. In full: “We have the McIntosh Ultra-Violet which has given very good satisfaction. However, I should be interested in receiving any scientific proof that the carbon lamps are superior to the McIntosh lamp that we now have.” Impressively double-suede-matted and framed with an image and shadowboxed replica leather football helmet to an overall size of 38 x 19.5. Intersecting folds (one vertical fold passing through a single letter of the signature), light scattered foxing, and a few office notations, otherwise fine condition. The lamps Rockne refers to were presumably used for light therapy to help heal his team, a treatment popular in that era. Always looking to gain an edge, it is not surprising that Rockne would look toward alternative medicine to aid his team—aware of the psychological effects of color, he painted the interior of the Notre Dame locker room red and the visitor’s locker room blue in an effort to excite his own players while subduing the opponent. Oversized.