Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
1940-1941 Washington Catholic High School basketball team |
Object Name |
Photograph |
Catalog Number |
2025.0068.0010 |
People |
Bauer, Edward C. Greenwell, Albert Harrington, Burke Kidwell, William Lynch, Robert Mackey, John (2) Mattingly, Eugene Murdock, James Newland, Robert Joseph Rodimel, John Lesley Sullivan, Michael |
Description |
Photograph of the 1940-1941 boys basketball team at Washington Catholic High School in Washington. The names of the players and the coach, Father Edward Bauer, are attached on the back. Also included is a newspaper photograph of the WC basketball team published prior to the 1941 Indiana Catholic high school tourney. Robert Joseph "Bob" Newland (1924-1944) was on the team and graduated from WC in 1942. Bob Newland entered the U. S. Army in 1943 during World War II. He was killed in action July 17, 1944 near Foggia, Italy. These items were part of a large collection donated in 2025 to the Daviess County Museum by Suzanne (Newland) Graham, the niece of Robert Joseph Newland. |
Collection |
Robert Joseph Newland Collection |
Caption |
Washington Catholic High School basketball team (ca. 1940-1941) |
Search Terms |
Newland Family Washington Catholic High School |