University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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Reflectbns of women s track 1916 The 1 886 book began a long tradition of hardbound editions, being broken only by the paperbound 1972 Blue and Gold. In 1 887, the first picture of a Cal football team was printed. After that, changes came almost yearly in the type of events pictured and the amount of photography used. Still, the book remained largely a written history. In 1 890, the first candid campus shots were included in the book, and in 1891 the first live sports photo, from a track meet, was printed. In 1901, team pictures from crew, track, tennis, and football were included in the book. The 1 907 edition of the Blue and Gold was to have featured a personal letter from President Roosevelt. But the book was at the printer ' s office in San Francisco on the day of the great earthquake and fire which devas- tated the city. Justice John G. Gabbert, son of the 1 907 book ' s editor, provided this story he heard from his father: The printers had almost finished printing the Blue and Gold the day before the earthquake. Gabbert ' s father took the ferry to San Francisco to check over final printing quality. As he was leaving the printers he picked up some of the spoiled proof sheets from the floor in order to have something to read as he was returning to Berkeley by ferry. The particular sheets he picked up at random were, as far as is known, the only ones which were saved; the printing office was one of the first buildings burned in the fire. From these remnants, seven copies were made, one of which is kept by the ASUC in Eshleman Library. During the 1920 ' s and 1930 ' s, the book gradually changed its emphasis from that of a written record to that of a pictorial record. The transition was not an easy one, and much confusion is evident in the books of these times. The largest Blue and Gold ever printed was in 1 926, containing 638 pages that attempted to be both a written history and a pictorial record. dramatic arts 1901

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BLUE and GOLD SKNVSf- - TglwSS WBy CEINfTENNIAL The year is 1973, and this is the 100th edition ot the Blue and Gold. One hundred years is a long time, and in looking back through the old Blue and Golds kept in the Eshleman Library by the ASUC, one is very much struck with the amount of change the book has undergone since its inception. Until 1885, the yearbook was printed as a softcover journalistic style history, meant to be a literal record of the year. The first photography appears in that last softcover edition: a page of faculty portraits.

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