Female Freshmen Dressed in Robes Stand Outside in a Line

Creation Date

1947

Decade

1940

Photographer

Opal R. Lovett

Subject

Jacksonville State University -- History, Jacksonville State Teachers College -- History, Jacksonville State Teachers College -- Students, College freshmen

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Description

Female freshmen students at Jacksonville State Teachers College are shown dressed in nightgowns standing outside in the cold with arms crossed or hands placed in robe pockets. Freshmen students were referred to as, "Rats." This scene appears in the 1948 yearbook, The Mimosa, with the caption, "Fall out for ratting, girls!" (1947-1948)

Date Digitized

May 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 1, Sleeve 5.

Identifier

http://jsucollections.jsu.edu:9000/rpc/cat/Imaging/photocollection/psn/psn1940/PSN1940students_00001.tif

Technical Metadata

Archival images are tiffs scanned from the original material at 300 dpi. The file name is PSN1940students_00001.tif; file size is 1.4 MB. Original image is 4 by 5 on celluloid diacetate/triacetate film stock