Jacksonville State College vs. University of Rhode Island, 1955 Refrigerator Bowl 37

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, Jacksonville State College. Marching Southerners

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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. A crowd of approximately 4,000 people greeted the players on their arrival back home to Jacksonville. Shown members of the college marching band parade through the street.

Date Digitized

June 2016

Source

JSU Photographic Services Negative Project

Is Part Of

Historical Image Collection

Rights

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Location

The original negative is housed at JSU McClellan Technical Information Center, Binder 16, Sleeve 10.

Identifier

http://jsucollections.jsu.edu:9000/rpc/cat/Imaging/photocollection/psn/psn1950/psn1950_12/PSN1950refrigeratorbowl_03588.tif

Technical Metadata

Archival images are tiffs scanned from the original material at 300 dpi. The file name is PSN1950refrigeratorbowl_03588.tif; file size is 1.4 MB. Original image is 4 by 5 on celluloid diacetate/triacetate film stock