Historic Photos of LSU Football
Papier-mâché tigers, riots on the field, Chinese bandits, tailgating before a trip to the stadium nicknamed “Death Valley”—all these things and more describe the events, places, and people associated with over 100 years of football at Louisiana State University.
From its beginnings in 1893 on the Parade Grounds of the University’s downtown campus, to Huey Long’s intervention in expanding the football stadium on the current campus, to the fully enclosed Death Valley of today, LSU football and its die-hard fans have played a very large role in the life of the university, the city of Baton Rouge, and the state itself.
Telling the team’s story through stunning black-and-white images, Historic Photos of LSU Football presents nearly 100 years of LSU football history as only the camera can. Join us in reliving some of the most thrilling moments in LSU sports history. Geaux Tigers!
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Book details
- Author
- Mark Martin
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- Sports & Recreation › Football
Sports & Recreation › History - Topics
- LSU Tigers football · Louisiana State University · Baton Rouge · college football history · black-and-white photography · pictorial history · Death Valley stadium · tailgating
- ISBN-13
- 9781684420889
About the authors
MARK E. MARTIN is an archivist with eighteen years of professional experience and co-author of Historic Photos of LSU Football.
Martin holds a bachelor’s degree magna cum laude in history from Western Carolina University and a master’s degree with a concentration in archival enterprise, specializing in photographic archives, from the University of Texas at Austin’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science. He has served as chair of the Society of American Archivists' Visual Materials Section.
BARRY C. COWAN is an archivist and co-author of Historic Photos of LSU Football and Louisiana State University.
Cowan serves as assistant archivist in the LSU Archives at Louisiana State University. He has contributed articles to the New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture and KnowLA: Encyclopedia of Louisiana History, Culture, and Community, and writes a column in LSU Alumni Magazine.