Gymnasiums; University of Louisville--Buildings; Buildings; Coaches (Athletics);
Two men, one of them University of Louisville basketball coach "Peck" Hickman (left) looks over construction work on the Belknap Gymnasium. According to the October 1950 Alumni News, work provided repairs to damage sustained during a 1944...
A man sits at one of the long study tables in the library at the Natural Sciences building. There are two women at another table in the back of the room. At the time, this was one of the University of Louisville's two departmental libraries (the...
University of Louisville--Basketball; University of Louisville--Sports; Coaches (Athletics);
Peck Hickman rides on the shoulders of several basketball team members; he has one hand raised in the air. This image was captured from a scene on a television screen. Hickman and the team were celebrating their victory in the final game of the...
University of Louisville--Students; University of Louisville--Presidents; College presidents; Parkway Field (Louisville, Ky.); Beauty contestants; Students;
University of Louisville president John W. Taylor holds the microphone for homecoming queen Debbie Blair at the crowning ceremony at Parkway Field. There is a line of other women wearing corsages with large flowers behind them (these may be other...
University of Louisville--Students; University of Louisville--Presidents; Dance parties; Beauty contestants; Students;
Homecoming queen Debbie Blair speaks at the homecoming dance. University of Louisville president John W. Taylor and the homecoming court (women in formal gowns) stand by.
J.B. Speed Hall (Louisville, Ky.); University of Louisville--Buildings; Buildings; University of Louisville. Speed Scientific School; Educational facilities;
James B. Speed Hall photographed from the circular driveway in front of the building. This building was built largely with funds from the Works Progress Administration and James B. Speed's two children, Olive Speed Sackett and William S. Speed....
Schneider Hall (Louisville, Ky.); University of Louisville--Buildings; Buildings; Libraries;
Entrance of Schneider Hall viewed from the sidewalk to the southwest of the building. Schneider Hall was named in honor of Evelyn Schneider, long-time University Librarian. The cornerstone was laid on January 12, 1956, and the building originally...
College trustees; Anniversaries; University of Louisville. Speed Scientific School
Member of the University of Louisville Board of Trustees, Henry Y. Offut, Jr., poses at the lectern in Sackett Hall. Offut discussed the Speed family's contribution to the university during the dedication ceremony for Sackett Hall which was named...
University of Louisville. Band; University of Louisville--Students; Drum majorettes; Drum majors; Bands; Conductors; Marching bands; Students;
University of Louisville marching band sits on the bleachers as Leroy Martin and the other two drum majors help get something out of majorette Doris Jean Graming's eye. Band director Ernest Lyon (in dark outfit with cap) walks toward them with his...
Crowds; University of Louisville--Basketball; University of Louisville--Students; University of Louisville--Sports;
Crowd massed in the parking lot behind Schneider Hall (University Library). Some of the crowd sits on cars; there is also a car or truck that is surrounded by people. People also stand on the roof that overhangs an entrance to the library. The...
University of Louisville--Students; University of Louisville--Basketball; Basketball players; Students; Airplanes; College athletes; University of Louisville--Sports
University of Louisville basketball team members and unidentified woman by airplane at Standiford Field (airport), Louisville, Kentucky.
University of Louisville--Basketball; University of Louisville--Students; Basketball players; Students; University of Louisville--Sports
University of Louisville basketball athlete Jack Coleman (right) stands with another player, both holding suitcases. A third man stands with them holding a microphone. Coleman led U of L to its first national basketball title, the 1948 National...
University of Louisville--Basketball; University of Louisville--Students; Basketball; Basketball players; Students; College athletes; University of Louisville--Sports;
Two basketball players in mid-air during University of Louisville - Western Kentucky game played January 11, 1950; other players are seen running toward the two players in the foreground. This may be an image of Glenn "Ish" Combs fouling...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Cafeterias; Tables; Chairs; Women;
Dining area with round tables and chairs, a coat rack, and couches. Three women sit at a table near the back. There are ketchup bottles, salt and pepper shakers, and sugar dispensers on the tables. This has been identified as a picture of the...
University of Louisville--Students; Dissections; Students;
Two younger people sit leaning over a dissection tray while an older man (presumably an instructor) in a lab coat points at part of a shark under dissection. There is lab equipment on the table and a window behind them.
University of Louisville--Buildings; Buildings; Columns; Educational facilities;
Front entrance of what was then known as the Naval Science Building, a brick building with four columns at its entranceway. The building is seen from across Eastern Parkway. This building was rededicated in honor Russell E. Dougherty, Strategic Air...
Omicron Delta Kappa. Beta Epsilon Circle (University of Louisville); Fraternities & sororities; University of Louisville--Students; Men;
Men stand along the walls in an alcove; there is a sign with the Greek letters "Omicron," "Delta" and "Kappa" at the rear of the alcove. This is a picture from the ODK tapping at the University of Louisville. The Beta...
University of Louisville--Students; Football players; Grawemeyer Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Beauty contestants; Students;
Homecoming queen Marjorie Hunter sits on the steps of the Administration Building (now Grawemeyer Hall) with Frank Gitschier and George Bertram, co-captains of the University of Louisville football team.
Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917. Thinker; Sculpture; Public sculpture; Mayors; Children;
The unveiling of Rodin's "The Thinker" in front of the Administration Building (now Grawemeyer Hall) on 25 March, 1949. Mayor of Louisville, Charles P. Farnsley (left) and Mr. Arthur Gunderson, public relations director of the University...
Grawemeyer Hall (Louisville, Ky.); University of Louisville--Buildings; Buildings; Christmas trees; Night photographs;
A large Christmas tree with lights stands in front of the Administration Building. The tree appears to be across the driveway that forms the oval; the Thinker is still visible. The Administration Building was later dedicated and renamed in honor of...
