Carl Van Vechten photographed the Bowl more than twenty years after its opening. The empty curves of seating make the stadium’s continuous shape especially clear.
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Source: Carl Van Vechten; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons
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Silent Grounds Collective, Yale Bowl, SGC-89, PHOTO-66209592, “Yale Bowl in 1936.” Source: Carl Van Vechten; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Yale_Bowl,_New_Haven,_Connecticut_LCCN2004663820.jpg. Research edition, accessed 2026-09-24.