Flashback Photos: Athens and the University of Georgia, 1900-2001

Flashback Photos

Flashback Photos: Athens and the University of Georgia, 1900-2001

Athens is home to the University of Georgia. This venerable Southern city's greatest exports are music and football, or at the very least, its most beloved. Let's take a look at the home of the Bulldogs as it was in the 20th century.

Street scene of Athens, Georgia in 1934.
University of Georgia landmark archway

Coach Vince Dooley and Georgia Bulldogs' watch the game from the sidelines in October 1965. Clustered about him are his brother Bill Dooley, head offensive coach; Billy Cloer, No. 22, of Washington, Ga., defensive quarterback; Frank Inman, offensive end coach; and Glenn Creech, of Claxton, Ga., left end.

Sliding down the stairs at Pi Kappa Alpha's costume party in Athens, January 22, 1957.

Clarke County Courthouse in downtown Athens, 1934

James M. Smith Science Hall, State Normal School, Athens Georgia, after 1907. The building was begun in 1905, burned in 1906 before completion, was rebuilt and finished by 1907.

Mike Mills, left, and Michael Stipe, members of R.E.M., perform along with Peter Buck (not pictured), on the steps of the Athens-Clarke County Courthouse Sunday evening, Oct. 22, 2000, in Athens as part of the Land Aid Exhibition. The event was held by the Athens Grow Green Coalition to raise awareness of environmental issues in Athens and surrounding areas. (AP Photo/Athens Daily News, Jeff Blake)

Author Raymond Andrews on a rural road west of Athens near his home on Feb. 20, 1988. This rural setting is characteristic of his novels. (Greg Foster/Special)

011115 -- ATHENS, GA: Five & Ten Chef/Owner Hugh Acheson outside his restaurant located in the five points area of Athens. For PREVIEW/Kessler review. (WILLIAM BERRY/ AJC)

UGA's Fine Arts Building on May 24, 1941. The original caption reads: The new Fine Arts Building at the University of Georgia holds soundproof practice rooms, complete dramatic facilities and art equipment plus a 1,600 seat auditorium.

Students watching UGA football game drink beer. UGA students are notorious for the drinking they do at football games. Drinking is not allowed inside the stadium; these students are outside on a hillside overlooking the field. (1979)

Street scene of downtown Athens, Georgia. 1934

Steven Wilkerson, 27, co-owner and chef of the Five Star Day Cafe, poses for a portrait with Lone Star Trout and Texas Caviar on East Broad Street in Athens on Thursday, Nov. 19, 1998.

U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy (right) at the University of Georgia, talks with Dr. O.C. Aderhold, President of the University, on May 8, 1961.

Photo GA-8256, Athens, GA area around UGA. Apr. 28, 1978. Dillon-Reynolds Aerial Photography, Inc.

Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter examine diplomas awarded during the University of Georgia's 160th commencement in Athens on June 2, 1963. (AP)

Hamilton E. Holmes in Athens as he sought to enter the University of Georgia in January 1961.

Part of the crowd at Union Station in Atlanta, waiting for the Football Special to the Tech-Georgia game played in Athens in 1950.

Sanford Stadium gets a new look in 1963. The main entrance to the stadium is spanned by a huge new bridge, which connects the Franklin and South Campuses, and also will help expedite traffic at football games.

This is the main computer room of the University of Georgia in 1968.

The new home of the University of Georgia's president on March 17, 1949. After 147 years the University of Georgia has a home for its presidents. The famous old Hill-White house on Prince Ave. was presented to the college by the Bradley Foundation, of Columbus, as a memorial to the late W. C. and Sarah H. Bradley. Of Greek revival design it was once the home of Benjamin H. Hill, United States senator.

University of Georgia gate on October 8, 1978.

University of Georgia president talks with coaches in December 1953. From left to right, Dr. O. C. Aderhold, Bill Hartman and Spec Landrum.

Student at UGA football game drinks a 16 oz. beer in 1979.

The unpaved parking lot in front of Baldwin Hall accommodates some of the 2,000 automobiles that crowd the University of Georgia's campus in 1955.

Fans crowd outside of Sanford Stadium on a hillside in 1979; drinking was not allowed inside stadium.

Everyone knows Fran Tarkenton as a football great, but at Athens High School, he was also an all-state basketball star. He's seen here in 1956.

Benny Andrews in his Athens, Ga studio working on "The Mule" series. Dec. 1986 (unknown photographer)

The new UGA giant on the hill is the biological sciences building overlook the campus track, as seen in 1961.

Home of Martha Lumpkin, the woman Atlanta was once named for (Marthasville). Located on the grounds of the new state agricultural college. The grounds for the college were given by the Lumpkin family with the agreement the house was never to be taken down.

UGA students pose with UGA during a game inside the UGA coliseum in the mid 1960's. (Special Photo courtesy of UGA)

Typical crowd shot in the UGA Coliseum in this mid 1960's era photo . (Special Photo courtesy of UGA).

The new Ilah Dunlap Little Memorial Library in Athens as it was set to be dedicated at the University of Georgia on Nov. 19, 1953.

It's a lot easier than it used to be to get from the University of Georgia's main campus to Ag Hill. As this 1963 photo shows, the new route is across the bridge at the west end of Sanford Stadium.

An aerial view of the campus of the University of Georgia in 1952.

Overhead shot of the University of Georgia, with Sanford Stadium in the center, in September 1981.

Athens, Ga.: Sanford Stadium, University of Georgia. 1946

University of Georgia's Sanford Stadium in the 1950s.

ATHENS, GA - Car are everywhere as the number of drivers rises at the University of Georgia. This is the parking area at Candler Hall. (File/Source unknown) 1957

Mike Mantione of the band Five-Eight performs during Athfest in 2000.

The old train trestle that was used on the cover of R.E.M.'s "Murmur" album cover as it looked in 2000.

The old home of Gov. Wilson Lumpkin, 'Rock House', housed the modern Computer Center of the University of Georgia in 1964.

Athens, Ga.: Sanford Stadium before it was double-decked in 1967.

UGA IV, mascot of the University of Georgia, makes his football debut on Sept. 6, 1981.

Workers move furniture into the new Sanford Hall on the UGA Campus on Monday, October 1,1997. (Special to the AJC/Shannon Cahoe)

Traffic moves along Baxter Street in Athens on Jan. 25, 2000. (Special/John Amis)

The historic Tanner Lumber Company building (right) under renovation in 1997. (AJC Staff Photo/David Tulis)

The corner of Hull and Broad streets in June 2000. In the background is the BP station, Napa Auto Parts and Dixon's Bicycle Shop. RICH ADDICKS/STAFF

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Credit: AJC Staff

Street scene of Athens, Georgia in 1934. University of Georgia landmark archway

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