Seattle Eskimos players Henry Harris and Bobby Benson, Seattle, 1929

• Main Author: Staff Photographer Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Ice hockey players > Washington (State) > Seattle; Sports > Washington (State) > Seattle; Ice skating rinks > Washington (State) > Seattle; Benson; Robert John Harris; Henry; Pacific; eskimo*
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/769

Henry Harris, brother to the Seattle Metropolitans player Wilfred 'Smokey' Harris, played forward for the Seattle Eskimos from 1928-1930. Known for his aggressive and rough play, he held the Pacific Coast Hockey League record for penalty minutes during the 1928-29 season. Robert John 'Bobby' Benson played defense for the Seattle Eskimos late in his long hockey career from 1929-1931. Harris (right) and Benson (left) are uniformed and posing on the ice in this January 1929 photograph. Handwritten on image: Smokey Harris [sic]. Caption information sources: Jeff Obermeyer; Legends of Hockey.net, hockeydb.com. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): January 17, 1929. 1 glass negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in.