Michigan Stadium Construction Photo Album
1 | Fielding Yost, Athletic Director BHL, Alumni Assoc. Box 147, Yost |
2 | Michigan Stadium Site, ca. 1902 BHL, Ath. Dept., Box 12, Michigan Stadium -- bl00623 |
3 | Steam Shovels of R.C. Merriam Co. dig the first trench BHL, Michiganensian, 1927 -- bl003267 |
3.1 | Early Stadium Site Excavation BHL, Ath.Dept. Box 12, 1927 -- bl00678 |
3.2 | Stadium Site Excavation, Looking Northeast BHL, Ath.Dept. Box 12, 1927 -- bl00678 |
4 | Fielding Yost oversees the digging BHL, Michiganensian, 1927, p. 24, -- bl003266 |
5 | Excavating at Michigan Stadium site BHL, Alumni Assoc., Box 13, Michigan Stadium, -- bl00322 |
6 | Excavation, Ferry Field in background BHL, Michigan Alumnus, Vol 33, #4, Oct. 30, 1927, p.81 -- bl003268 |
6.1 | Excavation, Michigan Stadium Showing Steam Shovel and Water Problem BHL, Oscar Buss collect on, Box 2 Michigan Stadium -- bl01736 |
7 | Excavating the northwest corner BHL, Alumni Assoc., Box 13, Michigan Stadium, -- bl00321 |
8 | Finishing the drainage ditch BHL, Michigan Alumnus, Vol. 33, #14, Jan. 1, 1927 -- bl003269 |
9 | Steam shovels finish northwest corner BHL, Ath. Dept., Box 4 out., Michigan Stadium, -- bl003262 |
10 | Leveling the playing surface BHL, Alumni Assoc., Box 13, Michigan Stadium, -- bl00629 |
11 | South end zone, Yost Field House in background BHL, Alumni Assoc., Box 13, Michigan Stadium, == bl00632 |
12 | Drainage Ditch, south end zone BHL, Ath. Dept., Box 4 out., Michigan Stadium -- bl003264 |
12.1 | View frm the northwest corner BHL, Oscar Buss collection., Box 2, Michigan Stadium -- bl017633 |
13 | Preparing for a pour, west stands BHL, Alumni Assoc., Box 13, Michigan Stadium, bl00631 |
13.1 | The cement mixer behind the west stands BHL, Ath. Dept., Michigan Stadium, bl017194 Michigan Stadium Construction, Andrew Graft and co-worker BHL, Ann Sheely, (photo scanned by donor) bl016643 |
14 | Setting forms for the east stands BHL, Alumni Assoc., Box 13, Michigan Stadium, bl00630 |
15 | Working on the north end zone seats BHL. Floyd M. Webster Papers, UAs, bl00649 |
16 | Finishing a section in the south end zone BHL. Floyd M. Webster Papers, UAs, -- bl00633 |
17 | View from the northwest corner BHL, Ath. Dept., Box 12, Michigan Stadium, -- bl00679 |
18 | Yost oversees every detail BHL, Alumni Assoc., Box 13, Michigan Stadium, -- bl00324 |
18.1 | Workmen leveling cement BHL, Ath. Dept. Michigan Stadium, -- bl017196 |
18.2 | Workmen finishing concrete BHL, Ath. Dept. Michigan Stadium, -- bl017197 |
18.3 | Workmen pouring concrete with the boom arm BHL, Ath. Dept. Michigan Stadium, -- bl017199 |
18.4 | Knutson Family and Andrew Graf on lunch break, at east entrance BHL, Ann Sheely (scanned by donor) -- bl016442 |
18.5 | Workmen constructing forms for seats BHL, Ath. Dept. Michigan Stadium -- bl017200 |
18,6 | Working on the West stands BHL, Ath. Dept., Michigan Stadium -- bl01719 |
19 | Working on the tunnel BHL. Floyd M. Webster Papers, UAs -- bl00646 |
20 | Setting forms for the tunnel BHL. Floyd M. Webster Papers, UAs -- bl0064 |
21 | Ready to pour the final sections BHL, Ath. Dept., Box 4 out., Michigan Stadium -- bl003263 |
22 | Ready for the redwood seats BHL. Floyd M. Webster Papers, UAs -- bl00647 |
22.1 | Finished concrete, view of the south endzone BHL. Oscar Buss collect on, Box 2 -- bl017636 |
22.2 | Finished concrete, view of the west stands BHL. Oscar Buss collect on, Box 2 -- bl017634 |
23 | The tunnel and east entrance BHL, Ath. Dept., Box 4 out., Michigan Stadium -- bl00326 |
23.1 | Yost observes as seats get numbered BHL, Ath. Dept., Box 4 out., Michigan Stadium -- bl018346 |
24 | A final inspection and its ready for use BHL, Fielding Yost Papers, Box 8 -- bl0063 |
25 | The east concourse BHL, Fielding Yost Papers, Box 8 -- bl0032 |
26 | The concourse is completed as opening day nears BHL, Fielding Yost Papers, Box 8 -- bl012698 |
27 | View from the northeast, opening day, 1927 BHL, Fielding Yost Papers, Box 8 -- bl00628 |
28 | Opening day, October 1, 1927 BHL, Fielding Yost Papers, Box 8 -- bl0062 |