Freshman Cap Burning, ca. 1913
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Image courtesy the University of Illinois Archives
Postcard image of a large bonfire with a crowd gathered around on the baseball diamond at Illinois Field with the Men's Gymnasium and Gym Annex visible in the background.
Found in RS: 39/2/20, Box ACT 6, Folder ACT 6 Homecoming 1911-14
Negative Number 16942, RS: 39/2/22
This file appears in: Illinois Field
Illinois Field
When the University of Illinois opened it's doors in March of 1868, athletics had no part of student life or culture. Baseball teams were soon organized, and in the 1870s rugby gained popularity, but it wasn't until 1876 that the first…