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This is a very early Neyland stadium picture.

What year is this picture from?

I had a customer bring this picture in. She received it from Earl Washum (sp?) whose father was one of the primary people resposible in the Neyland Stadium building project.
 

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92 years ago on Sept. 24, 1921, the Tennessee Volunteers played their first game a new venue, housing 3,200 seats in 17 rows on the west side of the field. The field known as Shields-Watkins Field, then Shields-Watkins Stadium is now what we call Neyland Stadium.

Tennessee:
 
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gardners_51609 said:
This is a very early Neyland stadium picture.

What year is this picture from?

I had a customer bring this picture in. She received it from Earl Washum (sp?) whose father was one of the primary people resposible in the Neyland Stadium building project.
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I believe that was around 1920, 1921.
 
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Two questions if anybody can help out here:

1. What kind of trucks are those?

2. Can anyone tell if those are horses or mules? They look pretty stocky.
 
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1919 Studebaker and those are TN Walking Mules, not good for pulling but sure can step high.

Forgive me, I'm on vacation and trying to waste time so I don't have to cut grass
 
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GlockVol said:
1919 Studebaker and those are TN Walking Mules, not good for pulling but sure can step high.

Forgive me, I'm on vacation and trying to waste time so I don't have to cut grass
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Thanks. I had no idea there was such a thing as a TN Walking Mule but google says there is and they match the photo well. Very neat! :) :hi:
 
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UTProf said:
Two questions if anybody can help out here:

1. What kind of trucks are those?

2. Can anyone tell if those are horses or mules? They look pretty stocky.
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If you look real close...really, really zoom in...you will see a bag of tacos in the front seat of one of the trucks.
 
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WinginFlorida said:
If you look real close...really, really zoom in...you will see a bag of tacos in the front seat of one of the trucks.
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Tacos hadn't been invented yet -- not the way we Americans think of them. Now you might have made me look if you'd said tamales because they've been in the South that long and were work food in a lot of places. :)
 
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UTProf said:
Tacos hadn't been invented yet -- not the way we Americans think of them. Now you might have made me look if you'd said tamales because they've been in the South that long and were work food in a lot of places. :)
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Man, this is a tough crowd...
 
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of course, I am guilty of a "Gus Manning has been around forever" joke in this very thread. It isn't a shot at Gus, but more of a tribute to his place in Vol history, and his knowledge of history.
 
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OrangeInKy said:
of course, I am guilty of a "Gus Manning has been around forever" joke in this very thread. It isn't a shot at Gus, but more of a tribute to his place in Vol history, and his knowledge of history.
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LOL, trying to backtrack and not seem lowbrow like the rest of us, except Volasaurus Rex and UTProf of course. LOL
 
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