When duty calls

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When duty calls. Illustration shows a scene at the front door step of a house, with a young man headed for college, he is wearing a sweater with a large "Y" on it and is carrying a suitcase labeled "Harold Halfback Yale" and a football; his sobbing mother hands him a football helmet and shoulder-pads, and a little girl hands him a "First Aid Kit" and shin-guards. There is a dog standing with the mother and sister, it too is crying. In the background, a man, sitting in a small horse-drawn carriage, waits for the young man to finish his goodbyes. Date 1913 September 24.

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