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Men's Basketball Heather Travis, Western News

Antique photograph sends man on journey

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John Mims had no idea where London, Ont., was, nor had he heard of The University of Western Ontario. But for approximately 25 years, he unknowingly harboured a piece of Western's athletic history in his home.
“I fell in love with this picture as soon as I saw it,” says Mims, who paid his first visit to the university on Monday, Aug. 9. The Albuquerque, N.M., resident dropped by Thames Hall to meet with Ted Hessel (BA ’58), curator of the J.P. Metras Sports Museum at Alumni Hall.
  
John Mims made an unlikely discovery of a photograph of the 1924 Mustangs men's basketball team at an antiques and collectables show in Phoenix, Ariz. and recently visited The University of Western Ontario to find out more about the players and team.
 
Mims wanted answers to a mystery that has been hanging on his wall for years.

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