Monthly Archives: June 2015

As long as we’re looking at pictures from Brown, this is from the awards program in 1973. I wonder what she won for. Bonus: Another alert faculty member (yes, there are two) sent this yesterday. So close.

Brown College, 1973.  This was taken, I believe, around Christmastime so maybe they were watching Rudolph: Bonus: 

Just a few tiny things that recently caught my attention and stuck there until I could figure them out. First, this: I know this was bothering you guys too so I went and checked. That lamp post is now gone. … Continue reading →

Today we have another great photo from the Bud Morehead slides, by far the best image I’ve seen of the cage where students kept the live owl mascots that we had for a while. If you squint you can see … Continue reading →

I’m traveling today so I don’t have time to say much of anything. However, I do have two pictures of GRB for you to marvel at. The first seems to have been taken around the time the building was completed, … Continue reading →

Impromptu volleyball match, 1976: So much hair!

It’s a door push, no? I feel like it’s not around any longer–or if it is, it has to be somewhere I never go, which is nowhere. I found it with the Morehead slides: At first I thought RMC, but … Continue reading →

It happened in the blink of an eye. This first image is from the 1950 Campanile: And I found this next one among Bud Morehead’s slides. It’s also dated 1950: I guess it was progress but it makes my heart … Continue reading →

This picture filled me with admiration for both: The date was July 16, 1914 and they were digging, straight up, the tunnel from the Physics Building. I’ll bet it was hot. Bonus:

Over the past few weeks we’ve been fortunate to receive an extraordinary collection of Rice memorabilia from the family of George Miner, ’50. There are a wide range of materials– everything from photographs (Claude Bracey at Soldier Field was among … Continue reading →