Tank Scrap (Purdue University)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: The Tank Scrap, a yearly physical and pugilistic competition between Purdue University freshmen and sophomores, began 1894 after members of the Class of '97 painted a local water tank with their class year. It continued until 1913 when the students, faculty, and administration unanimously voted to end the event.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Carrier Family photo album
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 365
Scope and Contents
This album contains photographs of the Carrier family, Smith family, Galeener family, and the Everhart family. These are possibly extended family of the Carriers or married names. Pictures depict individuals as well as houses and landscape in Urbana, Illinois, and Pasadena, California. There are several photos of the 1913 Lafayette flood and one of the Purdue tank painted after a scrap.
Dates:
circa 1913 - 1924