uf history hunt

Future history. Photo by Chris Bastian.

vintagesportspictures:

Florida Field at the University of Florida (1948)

Florida Gator Men’s Basketball team, 1940.

1 month ago / ufdc.ufl.edu

Sheet music of “We Are The Boys,” 1943.

6 months ago / ufdc.ufl.edu

muhnikkuh:

“For the first time in the history of London, a non-British marching band performed on The Mall - just in front of Buckingham Palace. The University of Florida and the Gator Nation is truly everywhere!”

Fleming Field was the original football field and was located just northeast of the current North end-zone. It served as an athletic grounds from 1906 until the current stadium was built in 1930.

9 months ago / ufdc.ufl.edu

View of game at Flemming Field with billboards.

9 months ago / ufdc.ufl.edu

From UFDC, this map shows the proposed layout of the University of Florida circa 1905 and the farmland that then occupied the area.

10 months ago / ufdc.ufl.edu

The former swimming hole for native Gainesvillians and UF summer students at Glen Springs.

1 year ago / ufdc.ufl.edu

Newell Hall 1911. From UFDC. Click picture to view in Historypin.

1 year ago / ufdc.ufl.edu

The Infirmary circa 1931. From the UFDC. Click on photo for streetview.

1 year ago / ufdc.ufl.edu

rachel-layne:

In front of the UF Business building:
“If love could be like trees, you would be a forest. ‘77.”