Crowd Greets Football Players on Arrival Back Home After 1955 Refrigerator Bowl

Creation Date

12-4-1955

Decade

1950

Photographer

Opal R. Lovett

Subject

Jacksonville State University -- History, Jacksonville State College -- History, College students -- Alabama, Jacksonville State College -- Students, Football -- Alabama, Jacksonville State College -- Football

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Description

Jacksonville State College gamecock football team played against the University of Rhode Island on December 4, 1955 in the eighth annual Refrigerator Bowl at Evansville, Indiana. Gamecocks won 12 to 10. Shown a crowd of approximately 4,000 people greet the players on their arrival back home to Jacksonville.

Date Digitized

January 2021

Source

Alabama Gallery Special Collections

Is Part Of

Historical Image Collection

Rights

This image is the property of Jacksonville State University and is intended for non-commercial use. Images may be copied for research, teaching, personal, or any fair use as defined by U.S. copyright law. Images may not be altered in any way. Users of these images are asked to acknowledge Jacksonville State University. For questions or further information about usage rights, please contact digitalcommons@jsu.edu.

Location

The original printed photograph is housed in the Houston Cole Library Alabama Gallery, Box 4, Item 1514.

Identifier

http://jsucollections.jsu.edu:9000/rpc/cat/Imaging/photocollection/psp/psp1950/PSP1950refrigeratorbowl_01514.tif

Technical Metadata

Archival images are tiffs scanned from the original material at 300 dpi. The file name is PSP1950refrigeratorbowl_01514.tif; file size is 20.9 MB. Original image is 8 by 10 on glossy photographic paper