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Tiger Stadium as "art"

Posted on 3/30/09 at 12:16 pm
Posted by JPinLondon
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Posted on 3/30/09 at 12:16 pm
Yesterday in NYC, I was visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art's new Postcard Exhibit. I spotted a great old postcard of what is now known as the Old Louisiana State Capitol. I was about to snap a photo of it when I spotted the true gem of the collection (see below).

Sorry for the slightly-blurry image; before I could compose a perfectly-focused shot, a museum attendant informed me that "there are no photos allowed in this exhibition." So, none of y'all are allowed to print this postcard and sell it (please contact the MET if you insist).

Based on my knowledge of Tiger Stadium's construction, this rendering is certainly pre-1936 and likely around 1924.

Observations
-- there is no "third level" on either grandstand
-- there seems to be a relatively small set of bleachers on the left-side of the postcard (but my eyes could be fooling me)
-- there is a tall pole on the right-side (beyond grandstand)
-- the name of the venue is "Louisiana State University Stadium"

Opinions
-- there is no Press Box, making this almost certainly a 1924 (or soonafter) rendering
-- a "square-set" of bleachers in the South End-Zone would be consistent with the 1924 configuration
-- the grandstand in the foreground is the East Side
-- the end-zone visible (right-side of postcard) is the North End-Zone




This post was edited on 3/31/09 at 8:01 am
Posted by Rockerbraves
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Posted on 3/30/09 at 12:18 pm to
Nice pic
Posted by Gtiger9757
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 3/30/09 at 12:22 pm to
that's pretty cool



amazing what it has grown into
Posted by Springlake Tiger
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Posted on 3/30/09 at 12:23 pm to
looks like starkville to me
Posted by Gtiger9757
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Posted on 3/30/09 at 12:25 pm to
Posted by Puffoluffagus
Savannah, GA
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Posted on 3/30/09 at 1:19 pm to
circa Nov. 1936



Posted by LSUMJ
BR
Member since Sep 2004
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Posted on 3/30/09 at 1:21 pm to
those old pics always remind me what a shitty decision it was to put middleton library smack dab in the middle of the quad
Posted by Golfer
Member since Nov 2005
75052 posts
Posted on 3/30/09 at 1:25 pm to
Must be Halftime of the Troy game...

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Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 3/30/09 at 1:26 pm to
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those old pics always remind me what a shitty decision it was to put middleton library smack dab in the middle of the quad


Completely ruined the architectural aesthetic of the whole campus.

There needs to be some discussion on leveling that abomination.
Posted by Golfer
Member since Nov 2005
75052 posts
Posted on 3/30/09 at 1:28 pm to
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There needs to be some discussion on leveling that abomination.


If I ever make enough money to donate enough to rebuild a library, I will pay them to tear it down and build a new one somewhere else. The Middleton's can keep their name on it too, I hope whoever made that decision to put it there was fired immediately.
Posted by Fatso
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 3/30/09 at 1:29 pm to
Nice old pic there with a couple boys laying in the crops.
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
109494 posts
Posted on 3/30/09 at 1:31 pm to
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I hope whoever made that decision to put it there was fired immediately.


Uhh, it was Middleton.

His rationale was, he wanted it smack in the MIDDLE of campus, to make it easier for students to study.
Posted by Golfer
Member since Nov 2005
75052 posts
Posted on 3/30/09 at 1:35 pm to
quote:

Uhh, it was Middleton.


I thought it was just named after him.

quote:

His rationale was, he wanted it smack in the MIDDLE of campus, to make it easier for students to study.


Yea, I remember this...fricker couldn't consult the Olmstead Group before doing this...
Posted by TigerBait1127
Houston
Member since Jun 2005
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Posted on 3/30/09 at 1:36 pm to
quote:


If I ever make enough money to donate enough to rebuild a library,


i've said the same thing
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
109494 posts
Posted on 3/30/09 at 1:37 pm to
quote:

Uhh, it was Middleton.




I thought it was just named after him.


Not when constructed, though.

He was the President who had it built.

They should have just expanded the old Hill Library, directly to the West. I love how they always have a shot from the reading room from THAT library, on LSU ads. I think that's the only thing that building's used for these days.
Posted by nosaj56
Member since Aug 2007
22001 posts
Posted on 3/30/09 at 1:37 pm to
we had a checkerboard pattern in the endzones
Posted by Golfer
Member since Nov 2005
75052 posts
Posted on 3/30/09 at 1:39 pm to
Ah, didn't know that. Yea, Hill could have been expanded, or they could have put it in about 35 other locations that would have made more sense. Hell half of the campus wasn't even built then.
Posted by geauxrenaud
America
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Posted on 3/30/09 at 1:47 pm to
Gorgeous artwork,it's like looking at the Colisseum in Rome.
Posted by lsuconnman
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Posted on 3/30/09 at 1:53 pm to
This is a wire photo and post card from the mid 1950s


Posted by Gtiger9757
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
8730 posts
Posted on 3/30/09 at 2:21 pm to
Middleton Library is the armpit of LSU's campus. The inside is equally as terrible as the outside.
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