Title	1900: Track and field at Samford Hall
Description	This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 3rd edition, 2013, depicting the history of the city and the University. From page 61: Spectators crowded the running lane to get a good look at a jumper descending in sight of the new main building, later named Samford Hall. Foot races and baseball games were popular diversions at Auburn near the end of the nineteenth century. Dean George Petrie said a wheelbarrow race helped make Auburn's first field day a success in 1889. Contestants borrowed the wheelbarrows workers had been using in construction of the building to replace Old Main after it burned. The blindfolded youths pushed as fast as they could for 100 yards. One youth "ran into a tree and tore his pants off." Many years later, Petrie recalled that the student had "completed the race in what remained of his trousers, and thus introduced the running costume which has since been adopted by all the leading colleges" Brenda Mattson reported in her Petrie thesis. Photo source: Auburn University Photographic Services.
Date	1900
Place	Auburn – Lee County – Alabama
LC Subject Headings	Auburn (Ala.) Auburn University Auburn University -- Track and field Auburn University -- Students College students -- Alabama Track and field -- Alabama Track and field athletes -- Alabama Education, Higher -- Alabama Auburn University -- History Universities and colleges -- Alabama Auburn University -- Buildings College buildings -- Alabama
EOA Categories	Education -- Higher Education History -- 1875-1929: The New South Era Sports & Recreation -- Track and Field
Original Medium	black and white photograph, 2110 x 900 pixels
Type	Image
Format	JPEG
File Name	ed2p57118.tif
Citation	Logue, Mickey and Simms, Jack. Auburn, A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village. 3rd edition. 2013.
Repository	Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.
Digital Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Language	eng
Rights	This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at achives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.
Submitted by	Coates, Midge