Description: Eleven slides of the Big Ten championship game between Ohio State and Michigan held on November 23, 1968 at Ohio Stadium in Columbus. Ohio State fullback Jim Otis scored four touchdowns and rushed for 143 yards, leading the Buckeyes to victory with a score of 50-14. Ohio State went on to win the Rose Bowl against Southern California that year. It was the first Big Ten title for Ohio State since 1961 and the first Rose Bowl victory since 1958. The slides measure 2" x 2" (5.08 x 5.08 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3111_3735546_001
Subjects: Sports; Education; Universities and colleges; Football; Sports rivalries; Stadiums; Football players; Athletes; Crowds
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Ohio Stadium, with its famous horseshoe shape, was built around the existing football field over a 13 month period from 1921 to 1922. It cost $1.6 million and was modeled after the architecture seen in European coliseums. The photograph shows the reflection of the stadium on the Olentangy River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04D_001_1
Subjects: Sports; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Education; Universities and colleges; Stadiums; Football; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "New stadium, High School, Dillonvale, O." This stadium was constructed in 1936 and was the first in the area to have lights installed for night games. This is most likely the reason the team's name was changed from the Purple Riders to the Night Riders. Dillonvale high school was finally demolished in 2009 after graduating its last class in 1971. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F06_007_001
Subjects: Football stadiums--Ohio--Dillonvale; Sports and recreation facilities; Stadiums; High schools--Ohio--Dillonvale; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dillonvale (Ohio); Jeffeson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Ohio Stadium was built in 1922 and was designed by Howard Dwight Smith. The total cost of construction was around $1.3 million. Ohio State played Ohio Wesleyan in the very first game in Ohio Stadium, which took place October 7, 1922. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04D_015_1
Subjects: Sports; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Education; Universities and colleges; Stadiums; Football; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Stadium built by WPA workers at Middleport High School is one of 80 stadium either completed or under construction by WPA workers over the state." View of Middleport High School football stadium with three athletes pictured on the field. Middleport is located in southeastern Ohio, along the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F20_009_1
Subjects: Football stadiums--United States--History--Pictorial works; High schools--Ohio; High school athletes; Stadiums; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Middleport (Ohio); Meigs County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Nippert Stadium Musical Project, Cincinnati, Ohio 1937." Nippert Stadium was completed in 1924 as a memorial to James Gamble Nippert, a law student at the University of Cincinnati who died in 1923 as a result blood poisoning from a spike wound received during a football contest. His grandfather, James H. Gamble, a soap manufacturer donated $250,000, as a memorial, to help complete the 12,000 seat stadium. Home of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats football team, has undergone multiple expansions and renovations through the years. The first was a W.P.A. sponsored seating capacity expansion in 1936, which lowered Carson Field 12 feet and doubled the stadium’s original capacity, now seating 24,000. Renovations again took place in 1954, adding the Reed Shank Pavillon and raising capacity to 28,000. More renovations were completed from 1989 to 1992 which expanded the stadium’s capacity to 35,000 More information is needed about the Musical Project held here around 1937. Other possibilities include: The University of Cincinnati has a Greek Amphitheater, described as having concrete steps (as in the photograph). Also, the Federal Music Project staged the H.M.S. Pinafore in 1936 at nearby Burnet Woods, and band concerts were often given from the open air bandstand, but it is unclear if this is somehow related. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F13_006_1
Subjects: University of Cincinnati; Education; Universities and colleges; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; College campuses--Ohio; University of Cincinnati. Bearcats (Football team); Football stadiums--Ohio; University of Cincinnati--Buildings--Pictorial works
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Cinci., O., 1937. Stadium, Univ. of Cinci." This photograph show the south end of Nippert Stadium, with Schmidlapp Hall behind. Nippert Stadium was completed in 1924 as a memorial to James Gamble Nippert, a law student at the University of Cincinnati who died in 1923 as a result blood poisoning from a spike wound received during a football contest. His grandfather, James H. Gamble, a soap manufacturer donated $250,000, as a memorial, to help complete the 12,000 seat stadium. Home of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats football team, has undergone multiple expansions and renovations through the years. The first was a W.P.A. sponsored seating capacity expansion in 1936, which lowered Carson Field 12 feet and doubled the stadium’s original capacity, now seating 24,000. Renovations again took place in 1954, adding the Reed Shank Pavillon and raising capacity to 28,000. More renovations were completed from 1989 to 1992 which expanded the stadium’s capacity to 35,000. Schmidlapp Hall was completed in 1910 at a cost of $97,000 by architects Tietig Lee and Garber & Woodward. It was the university’s gymnasium, home of UC’s Bearcats basketball team, and athletic facility as well as housing the University of Cincinnati ROTC unit for a time. In 1995 it was renamed the Dieterle Vocal Arts Center (DVAC) and is the center of nearly all choral and vocal activity for the university’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) with many studios and rehearsal rooms View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F04_03_01
Subjects: University of Cincinnati; Education; Universities and colleges; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; College campuses--Ohio; University of Cincinnati. Bearcats (Football team); Football stadiums--Ohio; University of Cincinnati--Buildings--Pictorial works; University of Cincinnati. Bearcat
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Cinci., O., Oct II[2], 1937. Nippert Stadium. University of Cincinnati. Ohio." This photograph shows a stone memorial at Nippert Stadium, with The Union in the background. Nippert Stadium Nippert Stadium was completed in 1924 as a memorial to James Gamble Nippert, a law student at the University of Cincinnati who died in 1923 as a result blood poisoning from a spike wound received during a football contest. His grandfather, James H. Gamble, a soap manufacturer donated $250,000, as a memorial, to help complete the 12,000 seat stadium. Home of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats football team, has undergone multiple expansions and renovations through the years. The first was a W.P.A. sponsored seating capacity expansion in 1936, which lowered Carson Field 12 feet and doubled the stadium’s original capacity, now seating 24,000. Renovations again took place in 1954, adding the Reed Shank Pavillon and raising capacity to 28,000. More renovations were completed from 1989 to 1992 which expanded the stadium’s capacity to 35,000 The Student Union Building The “Union”, originally called the Student Union Building on the campus of the University of Cincinnati is a large Georgian Colonial structure with a tall clock tower and was built in 1937. It’s four column Greek Revival façade faces McMicken Hall. Student activities take place in this building, and originally had a restaurant called the Great Hall, a student’s co-op book store, recreation rooms, and business quarters. In 1965, the building was expanded, adding a south wing and bridge, at the cost of $3 million dollars. A third of this money was donated by Mrs. Walter Tangeman and in honor of her gift, the entire facility was named Donald Core Tangeman, who had been killed in action during World War II. Starting in 2001, the facility was moderized, during which time, the south wing and bridge were leveled to make way for a new south wing, and the north wing completely renovated. The south wing reopened in 2003 and the north wing in 2004. About half of the new Tangeman University Center (TUC)remains visible from the outside. The building’s iconic clock tower rises through a glass roof, supported by 90 feet of web-like structural pieces. The new building remains a center of the student communities activities, with a food hall, the Catskeller game room, a 200 seat movie theater, and breakout rooms. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F04_05_01
Subjects: University of Cincinnati; Education; Universities and colleges; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; College campuses--Ohio; University of Cincinnati. Bearcats (Football team); Football stadiums--Ohio; University of Cincinnati--Buildings--Pictorial works
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Stadium, University of Cincinnati." Nippert Stadium was completed in 1924 as a memorial to James Gamble Nippert, a law student at the University of Cincinnati who died in 1923 as a result blood poisoning from a spike wound received during a football contest. His grandfather, James H. Gamble, a soap manufacturer donated $250,000, as a memorial, to help complete the 12,000 seat stadium. Home of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats football team, has undergone multiple expansions and renovations through the years. The first was a W.P.A. sponsored seating capacity expansion in 1936, which lowered Carson Field 12 feet and doubled the stadium’s original capacity, now seating 24,000. Renovations again took place in 1954, adding the Reed Shank Pavillon and raising capacity to 28,000. More renovations were completed from 1989 to 1992 which expanded the stadium’s capacity to 35,000 View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F13_022_1
Subjects: University of Cincinnati; Education; Universities and colleges; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; College campuses--Ohio; University of Cincinnati. Bearcats (Football team); Football stadiums--Ohio; University of Cincinnati--Buildings--Pictorial works
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Nippert Stadium at University of Cincinnati, Ohio 1932." Nippert Stadium was completed in 1924 as a memorial to James Gamble Nippert, a law student at the University of Cincinnati who died in 1923 as a result blood poisoning from a spike wound received during a football contest. His grandfather, James H. Gamble, a soap manufacturer donated $250,000, as a memorial, to help complete the 12,000 seat stadium. Home of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats football team, has undergone multiple expansions and renovations through the years. The first was a W.P.A. sponsored seating capacity expansion in 1936, which lowered Carson Field 12 feet and doubled the stadium’s original capacity, now seating 24,000. Renovations again took place in 1954, adding the Reed Shank Pavillon and raising capacity to 28,000. More renovations were completed from 1989 to 1992 which expanded the stadium’s capacity to 35,000. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F13_023_1
Subjects: University of Cincinnati; Education; Universities and colleges; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; College campuses--Ohio; University of Cincinnati. Bearcats (Football team); Football stadiums--Ohio; University of Cincinnati--Buildings--Pictorial works
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Project #16-31-666. University of Cincinnati Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio. The project calls for the excavation of the football field to a depth of eleven feet calling for the removal of 55,000 cubic yards of dirt, and increasing the seating capacity from 12,440 to 25,000, building of additional seats, construction of a new modern press box, 100 feet long and eight feet wide. Special box seats accommodating 736 will also be erected. This project started December 2, 1935, employs an average 450 men, and will cost a total of $151,750, of which amount W.P.A. furnished $112,650." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F13_025_1
Subjects: Football stadiums; United States. Work Projects Administration; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Cinci., O., 1937. Stadium, Univ. of Cinci." Nippert Stadium was completed in 1924 as a memorial to James Gamble Nippert, a law student at the University of Cincinnati who died in 1923 as a result blood poisoning from a spike wound received during a football contest. His grandfather, James H. Gamble, a soap manufacturer donated $250,000, as a memorial, to help complete the 12,000 seat stadium. Home of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats football team, has undergone multiple expansions and renovations through the years. The first was a W.P.A. sponsored seating capacity expansion in 1936, which lowered Carson Field 12 feet and doubled the stadium’s original capacity, now seating 24,000. Renovations again took place in 1954, adding the Reed Shank Pavillon and raising capacity to 28,000. More renovations were completed from 1989 to 1992 which expanded the stadium’s capacity to 35,000. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F04_06_01
Subjects: University of Cincinnati; Education; Universities and colleges; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; College campuses--Ohio; University of Cincinnati. Bearcats (Football team); Football stadiums--Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)