Old pics of Dacotah Field

[TheBisonator]

I stumbled upon these via the NDSU archives:

November 4, 1922: Homecoming versus South Dakota State

http://dp3.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/gpn/sports/glass_plates/3895-med.jpg

Same game, but a somewhat different angle:

http://dp3.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/gpn/sports/glass_plates/3892-med.jpg

Homecoming: October 15, 1927

http://dp3.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/gpn/sports/glass_plates/7765-med.jpg

On-field shot of the game:

http://dp3.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/gpn/sports/glass_plates/6775c-med.jpg

Dacotah Field starts evolving a bit. Cars are no longer parked in the endzones. More stands are added for fans, lights are added, and Churchill Hall has been completed. Here's a pic from Homecoming on October 25, 1930 against The School Which Shall Not Be Named:

http://dp3.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/gpn/sports/glass_plates/b823b-med.jpg

I think this is the "new" "old" Dacotah Field from 1938:

http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/ndsubuildings/DacotahField/dacotah-3.JPG

Aerial view of the stadium:

http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/ndsubuildings/DacotahField/dacotah-2.jpg

Hope you enjoyed!! :D

[No_Skill]

Good stuff. If I remember correctly a couple of those are in the Fargodome concourse.

[tony]

Here's video for you... at the end it shows part of a football game at Dacotah Field... I'm thinking it is NDSU v UND (the description says Fargo v Grand Forks).

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2083428322470322527&q=fargo&hl=en

[broke_back_mnt]

Nice find Tony! *Of course at the time the action of the parade and game were the thing to film, but I wish they would have panned the surroundings a little more. *I can almost tell where the field was and the location of the parade photographer, but not quite.

Thanks for all the photos. I have a bunch myself and am working on the scanner to get them posted, just short of time right now.

[BisonMav]

Some of these photos were used in the old yearbooks. When I get time I can scan some others and email the them to Tony if he would want to post them.

[semobison]

Nice++++++

[SirHinn]

Awesome pics, keep em coming!

[westsidebison]

awesome dude!!!!!!!!!
I'd love to see some pics of games from the 60s, 70s, 80s glory days!

[TheBisonator]

awesome dude!!!!!!!!!
I'd love to see some pics of games from the 60s, 70s, 80s glory days!

I tried in futility to find any of those pics, but unfortunately, I don't think they exist on the internet. :'(

[sambini]

Very nice Tony++++

[Hammersmith]

Nice find Tony! *Of course at the time the action of the parade and game were the thing to film, but I wish they would have panned the surroundings a little more. *I can almost tell where the field was and the location of the parade photographer, but not quite.

Thanks for all the photos. *I have a bunch myself and am working on the scanner to get them posted, just short of time right now. *
The cameraman at the game was standing at a point roughly between EML and FLC, facing north, and about 40 yards south of the current buildings(~1/3 the distance between them and Dinan Hall). According to the video, the parade cameraman was facing northwest/west and standing around the corner of 5th Ave N and Broadway; a little south from where the Holiday gas station is today. You can see the RR crossing arms in the film. The film was shot sometime during an even-numbered year between 1928 and 1936 during a NDAC homecoming vs. UND, but not 1930.

[Bisonguy]

Nice find Tony! *Of course at the time the action of the parade and game were the thing to film, but I wish they would have panned the surroundings a little more. *I can almost tell where the field was and the location of the parade photographer, but not quite.

Thanks for all the photos. *I have a bunch myself and am working on the scanner to get them posted, just short of time right now. *
The cameraman at the game was standing at a point roughly between EML and FLC, facing north, and about 40 yards south of the current buildings(~1/3 the distance between them and Dinan Hall). According to the video, the parade cameraman was standing around the corner of 5th Ave N and Broadway; a little south from where the Holiday gas station is today. You can see the RR crossing arms in the film. The film was shot sometime during an even-numbered year between 1928 and 1936 during a NDAC homecoming vs. UND, but not 1930.


Holiday gas station on broadway?

What used to be the Food-N-Fuel/Holiday station has been leased by Meritcare for over five years.

[Hammersmith]

Holiday gas station on broadway?

What used to be the Food-N-Fuel/Holiday station has been leased by Meritcare for over five years.
Oops, guess I really haven't been paying attention the few times I've driven past there the past few years. *:-[ ;)