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1940 Press Photo Fans sleep in line to buy Rose Bowl tickets, Pasadena CA

This is an original press photo. Pasadena, California -- With blankets, sandwiches and coffee, fans turned up at the Rose Bowl ticket windows early yesterday prepared to stay all night to assure themselves of tickets for the New Year's football classic between Stanford and Nebraska, with only 15,000 tickets left for general admission, they were expected to be sold a few hours after the windows opened. Photo shows three fans who stayed in line all night to secure tickets for the Rose Bowl Game as they caught a few winks of sleep on cots they brought along.Photo measures 9 x 7inches. Photo is dated 12-11-1940.

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