Description: |
This postcard shows the east side of Hinkle Fieldhouse as viewed from the Butler Bowl (later renamed the Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl) and is printed on the back with the following text. Butler University Indianapolis, Indiana, Hinkle Fieldhouse, a 15,000-seat athletic facility built in 1928, is the largest fieldhouse of any private university in the nation and is on the National Register of Historic Buildings. The first Butler basketball game played inside the Fieldhouse was on March 7, 1928, when the Bulldogs defeated Notre Dame 21-13 in overtime, even though the buildings construction was not yet complete. The building was officially dedicated on December 21, 1928. The first football game played in the Butler Bowl was the October 13, 1928, game against Franklin College. The structure was officially dedicated on November 10, 1928. |
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Publisher: |
Designed and Produced by Industrial Litho, Inc. P.O. Box 2626 Eugene, OR 97402 |
Source: |
http://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/BldgsGrnds/id/988 |
Collection: |
Butler University Buildings and Grounds Collection |
Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Copyright: |
No Copyright - United States |
Geography: |
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 39.844027, -86.166331 39.844027 -86.166331 |
Subjects: |
Butler University--Buildings College buildings Field houses Sports facilities Gymnasiums Basketball arenas Butler Bulldogs (Basketball team) Butler University--Basketball University of Notre Dame--Basketball Football stadiums Butler University--Football Franklin College (Franklin, Ind.)--Football National Register of Historic Places Automobiles Postcards Butler University--History Indianapolis (Ind.)--History Hinkle Fieldhouse Butler Fieldhouse Butler Bowl Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl Fairview campus |
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