Hinkle Fieldhouse and Butler Bowl postcard

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.
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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