Nov 2, 2017
Throwback Thursday: Salute to James Naismith Edition
Happy birthday, James Naismith! The basketball legend was born in Canada on November 6, 1861.
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Throwback Thursday: Salute to James Naismith Edition
Happy birthday, James Naismith! The basketball legend was born in Canada on November 6, 1861.
Throwback Thursday: Streetcar Edition
Streetcars once scaled Mt. Oread (1910-1933) carrying students and faculty ⬆️, ➡️, and ⬇️ campus.
The date of the first complete trip of the KU Loop was May 26, 1910, when the The University Daily Kansan reported, “The first car to complete the circuit on the Tennessee-Mississippi line carried a party of citizens and newspaper people over the Hill this afternoon.” Discover more about the history of the streetcar on the KSRL blog.
Throwback Thursday: Beat the Heat Edition
For decades, Jayhawks have made a splash & beat the heat at the Chi Omega fountain!
Discover more about this 1970s throwback on the KSRL Blog.
Throwback Thursday: Snow and Fur Coats Edition
We are missing the snow on this warm winter day in Lawrence, KS -- so we are getting our fill of the chill from this 1936/37 KU throwback on the KSRL Blog!
Throwback Haiku
In the library
students study for finals
intermittent naps.
Reflecting on this 1978 throwback of a student sleeping on a pile of journals in the Anschutz (Science) Library.
Original post on the KSRL Blog.