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*** Genuine Vintage Image! ***Universityof Illinois Memorial Stadium Photo
published in 1927 Memorial Stadium
Memorial Stadium is a football stadium located in Champaign, Illinois on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The stadium is dedicated as a memorial to the Illinois men and women who died in World War I and World War II. The stadium is primarily used as the home of the University\'s footballteam.
In the early 1920s, the old football stadium, Illinois Field, was deemed inadequate. There was some sentiment for retaining the site, but it was too congested to expand the stadium adequately, so a new site was selected, in a largely undeveloped area at the south end of the campus.
Memorial Stadium was completed in 1923 at a cost of US$ 1.7 million. The name was chosen in honor of the dead from World War I. The original construction was financed with donations from University students, alumni, and others. At the time, the stadium consisted of double-decked stands on the east and west sidelines. The single-decked horseshoe around the south end zone was later completed, and temporary bleachers stand in the north end zone.
Heavy rain during the construction resulted in a bulldozer sinking into the field. It was decided that the expense of removing the bulldozer would have been greater than leaving it buried under the field. It remains there today..
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Vintage photograph ofthe University of Illinois\'historicstadiumpublished in a bookover 90 years ago, shortly after it was built!
Taken directly out of the 1927 printing of a book of school alma mater and football songs, this is half of a beautiful, cream-colored page lightly tinged with the golden burnish that comes only with the passing years. Over 90 years old, yet looks fabulous ... crisp, clean, no wrinkles, creases, marks or tears.Cut page is approx. 5\" x7 1/2\". What a great piece of memorabilia for an Illinois alum or Fighting Illini fan!Would look fabulous paired with one of my vintage school song sheets!
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