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Constructed for $1 million in 1963 and equipped with rooms for 136 athletes and a dining hall to feed 150, Bryant Hall was one of the finest athletic dorms in its time. Named for then athletic director and head football coach Paul W. "Bear" Bryant,…

Frank Chandler Sr. is a member of the men's tennis team at the University of Alabama around 1930. Chandler is on the back row in dark pants. Other players are unidentified.

Men in the University of Alabama ROTC around 1930. Frank Chandler Sr. is seated, second from the left.

University of Alabama students Reese Phifer, Bert Bank and George McBurney, who became an attorney in Florence, Alabama, relax in the Supe Store on the University of Alabama campus around 1935.

This advertisement found in the 1916 "Black Warrior" yearbook for Tuscaloosa High School invites students to apply for admission to the University of Alabama, touting 100 instructors and 1,350 students. George H. Denny was president of the…

Postcard of Woods Hall at the University of Alabama - Notation on the front says: This is my room.

Woods Hall, built between 1867 and 1868, was named Alva Woods Hall in 1884 in honor of UA's first president and was the first building constructed…

Frank Thomas took over as Crimson Tide head football coach in 1931 following the eight-year reign of Wallace Wade.

Thomas, who was born in Muncie, Indiana, had played football and baseball at Notre Dame 1920-22 and was the starting quarterback…

This homecoming parade proceeds south on Greensboro Avenue. Based on the "Gator" float, the date of the photo was probably Nov. 24, 1951, when Alabama met Florida in Alabama's homecoming game. Alabama lost to Florida in that game,…

The University of Alabama Band, called the Million Dollar Band since 1922, has entertained crowds at Alabama Football games for 100 years.

The Band formed in 1913 under the leadership of Dr. Gustav Wittig. In 1917, the band became a military…

At the time this photo was taken, the University of Alabama football team played their games on the Quad. This would have been prior to 1916 when Denny Field was constructed behind Little and Moore Halls. Denny Field was used until 1929 when the…