Monthly Archives: October 2015

I’m far too committed to order to be a big fan of Halloween. It seems messy and weird and disruptive to me and I’d rather avoid the whole thing if I can. Every once in a while, though, I come … Continue reading →

Almost, but not quite, the same patch of ground in the Academic Quad. The first is in the fall of 1911, part of the original tunnel system: And the second is much later. Can you guess what would have prompted … Continue reading →

I’ve been struggling to come up with dates for what look to be fairly early images of the Cohen House patio. I haven’t had any real success (yet) but in the course of these struggles I accidentally happened across something … Continue reading →

The lads who were fellows and lecturers in the 1920s loved to take excursions. When I first ran across this page in a scrapbook from that era (the same one that blessed us with “The Great Overall Fad of 1920”) … Continue reading →

I’d never seen a photo taken straight on before. What an elegant structure. Bonus: The big question on this blustery day was how far is the tip of the blade from the emergency phone pole. The answer was 5’1″. It … Continue reading →

It’s a mess on campus today, between Families Weekend and preparations for the game with Army tomorrow. I skedaddled as soon as I could. But here, courtesy of loyal reader Nancy Burch, we have the prize-winning float from Homecoming 1958, … Continue reading →

Neil Brennan took pictures that other people don’t. In particular, he liked to take pictures looking tight along the side of whatever building he happened to be in or on. Sometimes this resulted in images that do not exist anywhere … Continue reading →

No, not the Alamo. It’s a pretty interesting idea, though: Mexico against Texas for bragging rights in tennis in the 1930s: What makes it especially interesting is the fact that the Tejano contingent included a couple of good Rice players, … Continue reading →

Over the last few days of December 1961 someone with the initials T.W.G. made detailed drawings of all the parking lots at Rice, then put them together in a packet on New Year’s Day. I just found them this week. … Continue reading →

I’m sure you’ll recall that I got discombobulated the other day about this picture: My friend Leonard Lane sorted it out–it’s the back side of Architecture with the addition going up. Then today I was looking through some slides that … Continue reading →