Posted in RPI Trivia, tagged Armory, concerts, Houston Field House, RPI Trivia, Soiree, UPAC on April 27, 2009 | 19 Comments »
I’ve been working on a compilation of big name concerts held at RPI. People occasionally ask questions about bands that played here and it’s useful to have a quick reference to that information. So far, I’ve covered the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s. I thought I would share some interesting tidbits from my research.
Peter, Paul & [...]
Posted in unidentified photographs, tagged mystery image on April 14, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Here is another mystery image for your consideration. The record is now 13-1. Mystery Image #14 still lacks identification — and I had such high hopes.
Can you identify this gentleman? Do you know where the photo was taken?
Posted in RPI Trivia, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History, tagged RPI athletics, RPI history, RPI mascots on April 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The “Engineers” moniker for athletic teams goes back to the 1920s. It was a good idea when the name summed up RPI quite well and an “image” of athletics was unnecessary. Marketing athletics can be tricky and fan support fickle, however, when there is no mascot to relate to. An attempt to fix this problem [...]
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