ShutterButton: Typing Away, ‘68

Roommates studying in the Quad, 1968. Courtesy of University Archives.

ShutterButton: Mask And Wig, Back In The Day

As the saying goes, “The more things change, the more they stay the same,” and this is especially true for Penn’s favorite (sorry, Penn Six) all-male musical comedy cult troupe. Props to “Phyllis” for daring to wear a dress all the way back in 1899 in a Mask and Wig. Here’s to another century of cross-dressing, boa-wearing, and corny puns !

ShutterButton: Hey Day, 60 Years Later

In honor of tomorrow’s Hey Day celebrations, we bring you “Class Hey Day crowds, 1950.” Should it rain, I’d like one of those trench coats instead of the ugly t-shirts we’re supposed to wear.

ShutterButton: Old School Registration

If you were stressing about what classes to advance register for over the weekend, take a look back. Thanks to the University Archives, this is what course registration looked like in 1965.

ShutterButton: Badass Betty

This is Betty. Betty received a B.F.A .in Education from Penn. Betty posed for this picture in 1928. Betty seems like a badass.

ShutterButton: When Blockley Was Batty

A recent perusing of the University Archives led us to this picture of the Blockley Almshouse from 1920. For those of you unfamiliar with the story surrounding one of campus’s newest watering holes, Blockley has been a hospital, orphanage and insane asylum, among other things. We’ll drink to that?

Woodland Walk It Out

Tipster Paige Rubin informs us that Woodland Walk is once again open. Finally, we can get to the Vet School from Spruce faster! Pass things through the Nipple more efficiently! Um… visit Stouffer? Regardless of what business you have on this thoroughfare, there are still fences and construction gear a-plenty, so you’ll have to wait a little longer for that perfect scenic stroll.

ShutterButton: Good Morning From Philadelphia International

34th Street Editor-in-Chief Sarah Beth McKay sends us this photo from Philadelphia International Airport circa 4:30 a.m., just as the snow began to fall. We don’t even want to know what the crowds will look like later today. On that note, good luck!

ShutterButton: Vintage Button

Students on the Button, 1987.

ShutterButton: Say Cheese

Gabe Martinez’s Photo I class poses on the no-longer-graffiti-covered Button.

ShutterButton: Remnants Of Last Night

ShutterButton: Cool Chicks

With sororities hosting Panhel-mandated open houses this weekend, we at UTB find this photo oh-so-appropriate. How fly were the ladies of the now-defunct Kappa Kappa Gamma, circa 1930? The hats! The shoes! The mink! They put today’s Ugg-loving, Longchamp-toting sorostitutes to shame.

ShutterButton: Just a Little Squeeze?

Don’t worry ICA Intercom, we’re not that kind of blog. We respect you. (Whoever stole the “ON” – thank you so much.)

ShutterButton: Touchdown

Back in the day, students would perform a “snake dance” on Franklin Field after every football victory. Weird. But at least we know what we should be doing tomorrow.

ShutterButton: No Thank You!

This new advertising campaign is really challenging the idea that Cream & Sugar is sketchy. It’s a proven fact that nothing attracts customers like the promise of an encounter with a carnivorous reptile!