1928: API students "hoboing" to a basketball championship game

1928: API students "hoboing" to a basketball championship game

This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 2nd edition, 1996, depicting the history of the city and the University. From page 90-91: Pictured are many Auburn students who rode a freight train to Atlanta to see the...

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Published: Auburn University Libraries
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Auburn photographs
Online Access:http://content.lib.auburn.edu/u?/village,98
format Electronic
collection Auburn The Loveliest Village Collection
building Auburn University Digital Library
publisher Auburn University Libraries
topic Auburn photographs
spellingShingle Auburn photographs
1928: API students "hoboing" to a basketball championship game
fulltopic Auburn photographs
Auburn (Ala.); Auburn University; Auburn University -- Basketball; Auburn University -- Students; Basketball -- Alabama; College students -- Alabama; Railroads; Travel; Male college students -- Alabama; Education, Higher -- Alabama; Auburn University -- History; Freight cars -- Alabama; Railroad travel -- Alabama; Railroad cars -- Alabama; Basketball fans -- Alabama;
Education -- Higher Education; History -- 1875-1929: The New South Era; Sports & Recreation -- Basketball; Business & Industry -- Transportation;
description This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 2nd edition, 1996, depicting the history of the city and the University. From page 90-91: Pictured are many Auburn students who rode a freight train to Atlanta to see the basketball team play Ole Miss for the Southern Conference championship in 1928. Auburn lost 32-31. W.R. Moon, at extreme left wearing knit cap, recalled that a trainman opened some empty boxcars at Auburn and told the student hobos, "Boys, just be careful." Moon said the group marched in formation into Atlanta after getting off at East Point. After the game, the students piled into boxcars on a west-bound freight and returned to Auburn. Moon, sixteen, a saxophone player, came to Auburn from Gadsden in 1926 and joined both the Auburn Collegians Orchestra and the API Marching Band. Moon recalled in 1996 that in addition to making every football game for four years, he "made enough playing with the Collegians to more than meet the cost of tuition, books, board and room, and other expenses." Photo source: W. R. Moon.
spelling 1928: API students "hoboing" to a basketball championship gameThis image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 2nd edition, 1996, depicting the history of the city and the University. From page 90-91: Pictured are many Auburn students who rode a freight train to Atlanta to see the basketball team play Ole Miss for the Southern Conference championship in 1928. Auburn lost 32-31. W.R. Moon, at extreme left wearing knit cap, recalled that a trainman opened some empty boxcars at Auburn and told the student hobos, "Boys, just be careful." Moon said the group marched in formation into Atlanta after getting off at East Point. After the game, the students piled into boxcars on a west-bound freight and returned to Auburn. Moon, sixteen, a saxophone player, came to Auburn from Gadsden in 1926 and joined both the Auburn Collegians Orchestra and the API Marching Band. Moon recalled in 1996 that in addition to making every football game for four years, he "made enough playing with the Collegians to more than meet the cost of tuition, books, board and room, and other expenses." Photo source: W. R. Moon.1928Auburn – Lee County – AlabamaAuburn (Ala.); Auburn University; Auburn University -- Basketball; Auburn University -- Students; Basketball -- Alabama; College students -- Alabama; Railroads; Travel; Male college students -- Alabama; Education, Higher -- Alabama; Auburn University -- History; Freight cars -- Alabama; Railroad travel -- Alabama; Railroad cars -- Alabama; Basketball fans -- Alabama;Education -- Higher Education; History -- 1875-1929: The New South Era; Sports & Recreation -- Basketball; Business & Industry -- Transportation;black and white photograph, 2851 x 1891 pixelsImageJPEGed2p90-91047.tifLogue, Mickey and Simms, Jack. Auburn, A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village. 2nd edition. 1996.Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.Auburn University LibrariesengThis image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at achives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.http://cdm17353.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/village/id/98
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