Old School

  1. February 15, 2016

    Drop the puck

    The 1926 University of Michigan Ice Hockey Team is ready to play.

  2. February 8, 2016

    Diversity pioneer

    Henry Graham, the University of Michigan’s first African-American varsity tennis player, is pictured in a 1928 team photo.

  3. February 1, 2016

    Day at the museum

    The Alexander G. Ruthven Museums Building, for which Albert Kahn was the architect, is seen from North University Street in February 1950.

  4. January 25, 2016

    Winter scene

    During winter of 1897, this view of campus shows the former library beyond the trees.

  5. January 18, 2016

    Taking a break

    Two young women share a laugh in 1937, sitting in a booth at the iconic Drake’s Sandwich Shop on North University Avenue, just east of State Street.

  6. January 11, 2016

    Supporting the troops

    In 1942, during World War II, women aid the war effort by selling defense bonds from a booth on the Diag. 

  7. December 14, 2015

    Winter fun

    Student soldiers wrestle in the snow during World War II.

  8. December 7, 2015

    Moliere satire at Michigan

    The Department of Theatre & Drama formally opened the former Mimes Theatre under the name Laboratory Theatre when it presented Moliere’s “Les Precieuses Ridicules” there on Dec. 1, 1930.

  9. November 23, 2015

    Nearly ready

    Construction on the Rackham Building, a U-M landmark, is nearly complete in 1937.

  10. November 16, 2015

    Sports legends

    Gerald Ford addresses the U-M football team in 1999 at Schembechler Hall in the full team meeting room. The former president was in town because the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy was being named in his honor.