Title: 1961 Rose Bowl Program Minnesota vs Washington - 47th Annual Football Ephemera
Description: Document collegiate gridiron history with this genuine January 2, 1961 official souvenir game program for the 47th Annual Rose Bowl Game. This historic postseason matchup, held at the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California, featured coach Murray Warmath's Big Ten champion Minnesota Golden Gophers squaring off against coach Jim Owens" AAWU champion Washington Huskies, resulting in a 17-7 victory for the Washington Huskies. The front cover art showcases three prominent red roses with water droplets on the left margin against an overhead illustrative background of a packed Rose Bowl stadium, the gridiron field, surrounding palm trees, and the San Gabriel Mountains under a clear blue sky. Text details include the 50-cent cover price (inclusive of tax). The reverse side features a detailed full-page mid-century color illustrated advertisement for "New Richfield Boron" gasoline with the headline "Happy 1961 from Richfield dealers throughout the West." The ad illustration depicts a family loading a red station wagon with groceries and presents, a boy waving, and a vintage Richfield Boron 100-octane gas pump in the lower right corner. This vintage publication serves as an objective, text-dense time capsule of early 1960s bowl game history, team rosters, and regional automotive marketing.
Product Specifications
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Publication: Rose Bowl Official Souvenir Program
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Issue Date: January 2, 1961
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Event Edition: 47th Annual Rose Bowl Game
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Matchup: Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. Washington Huskies
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Original Cover Price: 50¢ (Inc. Tax)
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Venue: Rose Bowl Stadium (Pasadena, CA)
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Item Type: Genuine Official Postseason Game Program
Detailed Condition & Flaw Report
This vintage periodical is sold strictly as-is based on a direct physical review of the front and back cover layout scans.
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Overall Condition: Used condition with minor surface wear, edge creasing, and spine stress consistent with vintage archival age.
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Spine & Binding: Secure softcover binding with multiple small horizontal stress marks and minor color breaking along the left vertical edge.
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Cover Wear: Front cover displays light handling marks, minor corner rubbing, and slight perimeter surface wear. The back cover Richfield advertisement exhibits minor handling creases and light edge spots along the top and left white border margins.
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Interior Pages & Cleanliness: Complete interior pages are not fully exposed in these cover layout scans, but the visible outer margins show expected uniform vintage age-toning and light yellowing. The visible paper structure appears flat, clean, and free of any prominent modern ink markings, heavy stains, or significant tears.
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Shipping & Store Logistics
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Archival-Safe Protection: Vintage paper programs are highly prone to edge nicks, rolling, or folding if improperly packaged. To protect your investment, this 1961 Rose Bowl Program will be safely enclosed in a protective sleeve, placed between heavy cardboard reinforcement panels, and shipped inside a clean, rigid, crush-resistant box to ensure it arrives flat.
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