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Auburn University pic from 1947
Posted on 5/15/14 at 12:10 pm
Posted on 5/15/14 at 12:10 pm
Pretty cool to see what it used to look like.
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Posted on 5/15/14 at 1:05 pm to NorthGwinnettTiger
There's so much room for activities
Posted on 5/15/14 at 1:08 pm to NorthGwinnettTiger
So that's what a campus without Parker looks like!
Posted on 5/15/14 at 1:26 pm to NorthGwinnettTiger
Meh, Auburn doesn't exist to me before integration because they sure as hell wouldn't have let my arse on campus. 
Hopefully that day will come again. F Parker. I went to A-Day and I swear I saw what looked like the gates of hell behind that building.
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So that's what a campus without Parker looks like!
Hopefully that day will come again. F Parker. I went to A-Day and I swear I saw what looked like the gates of hell behind that building.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 2:04 pm to beaver
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There's so much room for tailgating
Posted on 5/15/14 at 2:08 pm to See5
1948
1955-1957
Not sure of date-Mid 60s
1955-1957
Not sure of date-Mid 60s
This post was edited on 5/15/14 at 2:15 pm
Posted on 5/15/14 at 2:33 pm to NorthGwinnettTiger
I miss this.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 2:43 pm to AUCatfish
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I miss this.
I remember during the florida game, when we rushed the field, they used it as a holding cell
Posted on 5/15/14 at 3:11 pm to AUCatfish
quote:You and me both. I was lucky enough to be on campus as a student before they moved Tiger out. I can remember walking from Haley to Parker in the afternoons and stopping to watch the handlers exercise her.
I miss this.
They would wrap her jesses to a 20 yard cable that they would stretch between them and anchor with stakes. They would then have her fly from one to the other using live mice as a treat/encouragement.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 4:05 pm to PJinAtl
It was just cool to be able to see them up close, just kind of chilling in their aviary. Apparently, the Feds made them move the birds because of some kind of regulation.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 5:03 am to AUCatfish
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Apparently, the Feds made them move the birds because of some kind of regulation.
I also happened to be there during that whole fiasco. All eagles are considered property of the US government and you have to have a federal license from the fish & wildlife service to house or display eagles (so any zoo that has eagles has to have licenses for each, same thing for all three of Auburn's, etc.)
Well, Tiger had always been cared for by Alpha Phi Omega and lived on campus, and she was officially licensed to the University's Department of Biological Sciences. If I remember correctly there was some turnover in the leadership at the raptor center and he started collecting "evidence" that A Phi O wasn't able to take care of Tiger in the correct manner and he went to USF&W (without contacting A Phi O to see if they could rectify the problems he was seeing) and got the license transferred to the raptor center.
Officially the University was caught by surprise and unaware of the actions until they occurred. There were a lot of rumors though that the administration was involved at least on some degree, as they were moving away from using the eagle as a symbol of the University (even stopped allowing any items to be manufactured that had the old eagle in the A logo or other Auburn marks that featured the eagle) as well as even at this time (1999/2000) they were eyeing the area where the aviary stood for new construction.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 10:53 am to PJinAtl
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administration was involved at least on some degree
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they were eyeing the area where the aviary stood for new construction.
I believe all of that. And I do seem to remember that there was some kind of pissing contest concerning the APO's and the raptor center. It's a shame would have like for my kids to see it.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 11:31 am to PJinAtl
didnt the eagles have a disease at the time as well?
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