One of the good things about the UA's Christmas/New Year's break is that you get uninterrupted time to work on projects that have been in limbo. Along with the WWII New Guinea nose art noted in a previous entry, I was able to get Tom Marshall's The Burro '03 up as a Web exhibit.
The Burro was the UA annual back in 1903 and is one of the artifacts in Patricia Stephenson's collection of materials, photos, and memorabilia left to her mother by Louise Foucar Marshall back in 1954. Tom was a UA student that year and is found in two Burro photos and mentioned in an article chronicling the year's activities. Visit the Web version of the 1903 Burro to (virtually) experience the UA and college life in Tucson roughly 105 years ago. You'll find photos and sketches of campus, a "brief history" of the University, read student "literary" works, and see ads placed by local businesses such as L. Zeckendorf & Co. Department Store, Martin's Drug, Fred Ronstadt, and Crescent Cigar Co. It's a fun trip down Memory Lane.
Almost all of the text was created by OCR so if you spot a typo, please let me know via email: stuartg@email.arizona.edu.
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