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Tiger Stadium as "art"
Posted on 3/30/09 at 12:16 pm
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

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 on 3/30/09 at 12:22 pm to JPinLondon
that's pretty cool
amazing what it has grown into
amazing what it has grown into
Posted on 3/30/09 at 12:23 pm to JPinLondon
looks like starkville to me
Posted on 3/30/09 at 1:21 pm to Puffoluffagus
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 on 3/30/09 at 1:25 pm to LSUMJ
Must be Halftime of the Troy game...
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Posted on 3/30/09 at 1:26 pm to LSUMJ
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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 on 3/30/09 at 1:28 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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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 on 3/30/09 at 1:29 pm to Gtiger9757
Nice old pic there with a couple boys laying in the crops.
Posted on 3/30/09 at 1:31 pm to Golfer
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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 on 3/30/09 at 1:35 pm to Y.A. Tittle
quote:
Uhh, it was Middleton.
I thought it was just named after him.
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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 on 3/30/09 at 1:36 pm to Golfer
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If I ever make enough money to donate enough to rebuild a library,
i've said the same thing
Posted on 3/30/09 at 1:37 pm to Golfer
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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 on 3/30/09 at 1:37 pm to Puffoluffagus
we had a checkerboard pattern in the endzones 
Posted on 3/30/09 at 1:39 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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 on 3/30/09 at 1:47 pm to Golfer
Gorgeous artwork,it's like looking at the Colisseum in Rome.
Posted on 3/30/09 at 1:53 pm to geauxrenaud
This is a wire photo and post card from the mid 1950s
Posted on 3/30/09 at 2:21 pm to lsuconnman
Middleton Library is the armpit of LSU's campus. The inside is equally as terrible as the outside.
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