Football Team at Illinois Central Station Chicago en Route to California via New Orleans for the Rose Bowl Game vs. Stanford. Coach Knute Rockne is in first row on the left; Illinois Central Railroad Company Photograph [This photo was published in the Chicago Tribune, December 21, 1924, part 2, page 3. The caption there reads "Notre Dame's gridiron squad left Chicago last night for Los Angeles to clash with Leland Stanford U. on New Year's day. The squad consisted of thirty-two players in charge of Head Coach K.K. Rockne and carried its two mascots, the young sons of Capt. Evans [?], himself an old Notre Dame Football warrior. (Tribune Photo)." http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1924/12/21/page/23/article/these-young-men-go-west], 1924/1220, GATH 5/59, Box: GATH 5. Notre Dame Athletics Collection, ATH. University of Notre Dame Archives. https://archivesspace.library.nd.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/1657307 Accessed December 22, 2024.