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One of the lounge areas for either studying or meeting friends on the first floor of Brooks Memorial Union in 1952. The Father Marquette mural, one of five murals commissioned for the building by the Gimbel Brothers Department Store, can be seen on...
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West facade of Brooks Memorial Union in 1981 with the main entrance from 14th Street. A banner hung from the building announces that it is Senior Week at Marquette. Students staff some sort of table in the courtyard outside the building.
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The dedication Ceremony of the new Brooks Memorial Union on April 10, 1953. Marquette University President Rev. Edward J. O'Donnell and two unidentified gentlemen take their part in the ceremonies.
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In 1953 members of the fund drive for the Brooks Memorial Union gather around a sign showing their fundraising progress. Committee members pictured are Father Clarence J. Ryan, S.J.; Reginald I. Kenney, general chairman; Father Charles M. O'Hara,...
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Construction work on the west facade of Brooks Memorial Union, October 1, 1952. Work on the main entrance to the building is nearly finished, albeit missing windows and doors. Cars are parked on 14th Street, which is now closed to traffic. The...
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Brooks Memorial Union construction site, as viewed from 14th Street, May 1, 1952. Most of the first floor structure appears to be in place, while work on the second story has not yet begun.
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View toward the east of the Brooks Memorial Union construction site. Visible in background are the Biltmore Apartments, Grandmora Hall, the towers of Marquette Hall and Gesu Church as well as some residential homes.
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Construction work on the first floor of the Brooks Memorial Union. This view is taken from the main entrance looking south, with the main student lounge at right.
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Construction work on the first floor of the Brooks Memorial Union. This 1951 view is taken from the south, looking forward the main entrance on the north end of the building. The area that will become the main student lounge can be seen at left.
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Line drawings of the basement, first, and second floors of the Brooks Memorial Union. A legend is provided to show the intended use of each of the rooms. This was taken in 1952.
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Wide angle view of the Drama Mural by Lester Schwartz. The mural is in the grill room on the ground floor of the Brooks Memorial Union. The mural was commissioned for the building by the Gimbel Brothers Department Store.
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Wide angle view of the University Sports Mural by Santos Zingale. The mural, one of five commissioned by the Gimbel Brothers Department Store for the Brooks Memorial Union, was installed in the grill room on the ground floor.
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West facade of the Brooks Memorial Union. In the foreground, cars are parked on 14th Street, which is no longer a through street. Windows are open on the second floor of the building in August 1967.
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A student dishes out soup at the cafeteria in the Brooks Memorial Union. The daily soup choices are chili and chicken soup; soup is one of many selections available from the cafeteria in 1980.
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One lone student watches television in the lounge on the main floor of the Brooks Memorial Union. The Father Marquette mural, one of five murals commissioned for the building by the Gimbel Brothers Department Store, can be seen on the back wall....
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West facade and main entrance of the Brooks Memorial Union. The large curved wall of windows of the main first floor lounge are a main focus of the image.
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In 1953 artist Franklin Boggs supervises installation of his Biblical Triptych mural over a stage in the ballroom of Marquette's Brooks Memorial Union. The mural was created using a combination of stained glass, plastic, and wrought iron; the...
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The completed Biblical Triptych mural in the ballroom of the Brooks Memorial Union in 1953. The mural, designed by artist Franklin Boggs, was created using a combination of stained glass, plastic, and wrought iron. The central portion of the mural...
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Workers Irv Schwensow, Walter Kuntzsch, and Ralph Galikowski in 1953 complete work on artist Edmund Lewandowski's mosaic in the Brooks Memorial Union as George Buchholz, foreground, looks over the artist's blueprints. The mosaic employs symbolism...
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Artist Edmund Lewandowski prepares and assembles the Father Brooks Mosaic on the floor of the Brooks Memorial Union in 1953. The mosaic featured stained glass cut into small pieces by an Italian firm in New York. Each piece was glued face down onto...
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Artist Edward L. Lewandowski takes a break from installing his mosaic in the Brooks Memorial Union in 1953 to explain to a group of Marquette students his mosaic technique and the symbolism of his design showing the life and meaning of the life of...
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Under the watchful eyes of (left to right) Robert Russell and Roy Kallenberg of the Marquette University Business Office, and artist Lester Schwartz, workmen unroll Schwartz' prize canvas mural in the Brooks Memorial Union at Marquette in 1953. The...
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Main entrance and west facade of the Brooks Memorial Union. A board outside the building is covered with flyers advertising campus activities and a Union events calendar is mounted to the exterior of the building. It appears to be a warm day in...
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View of the Father Brooks Mosaic after being installed on the wall of the entrance to the Brooks Memorial Union in 1953. The mosaic, by Wisconsin artist Edmund Lewandowski, was one of five murals commissioned by Gimbel Brothers Department Store for...
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Bruce A. Gimbel of New York, president of Gimbel Brothers, Inc.; the Very Rev. Edward J. O'Donnell, S.J., Marquette president; Charles Zadok, Gimbel vice-president and general manager of the Milwaukee store; and James Johnson Sweeney, director of...
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University Sports Mural which was installed in the grill area of the Brooks Memorial Union in 1953. The mural, by Wisconsin artist Santos Zingale, was one of five commissioned for the new union by the Gimbel Brothers Department Store. The mural...
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Father Marquette Mural in the student lounge on the main floor of the Brooks Memorial Union in 1953. One of five murals commissioned by the Gimbel Brother Department Store for the new union, the work was designed by Russell Hendrickson, Captain,...
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People gather on January 23, 1954 for a banquet in the ballroom of the Brooks Memorial Union in celebration of the five murals commissioned by the Gimbel Brothers Department Store and installed throughout the building. Behind the dais one can...
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Santos Zingale works to install his mural illustrating collegiate sports in the Brooks Memorial Union in 1953. The mural is one of five commissioned for the new union by the Gimbel Brothers Department Store. This mural was located in the grill area...
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The Father Brooks Mosaic by Edmund Lewandowski, as installed in the Brooks Memorial Union. The mosaic employs symbolism to show the life and meaning of the life of the late Rev. Peter A. Brooks, S.J., Marquette University president from 1944-1948. ...
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Students study and socialize in front of the University Sports Mural at the south end of the Grill Room in the Brooks Memorial Union, 1953-1954. The mural, designed by Wisconsin artist Santos Zingale, was one of five commissioned for the new union...
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Invitation to the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Brooks Memorial Union, May 1, 1951, featuring Rev. Edward J. O'Donnell, S.J., Frank P. Zeidler, Paul A. Pratt, Captain George A. Parkinson, and J. Martin Klotsche.