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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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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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Construction progresses in February 1990 on the eastern side of the Chapel of the Holy Family, which is attached to the south end of the Alumni Memorial Union. The octagonal shape of the chapel is apparent in this view, a style modeled after the...
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In February 1990 workmen lay brick on what appears to be the upper levels of the west facade of the Alumni Memorial Union. The workers' scaffolding sits on one of the terraces that will later be used by students for social activities.
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Construction workers can be seen on what appears to be the third floor of the Alumni Memorial Union in August 1989. In the background facing northwest can be seen apartments, homes, and businesses that surround the Marquette campus.
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A student can be seen walking towards the east entrance of the Alumni Memorial Union circa 1990. This view frames the four columns of the facade that recall the Il Gesu Church in Rome.
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This view shows the west facade of the Alumni Memorial Union, circa 1990. Four columns, reminiscent of Rome's Il Gesu church, sit flush to the building and at the top can be seen the baroque style window with a gabled roof.
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In the Alumni Memorial Union, stamps were just one of the non-textbook services offered at the Burchill Warrior Shoppe in 1990. Here, an attendant assists a customer at the postal counter.
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Blue and gold abounds in the Burchill Warrior Shoppe in the Alumni Memorial Union, circa 1990. The table of sweatshirts displays the Law School pride while Marquette is branded on everything from cups to caps in the store. The shop is located on...
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The street lamp reflects the feeling of a town square as one walks up to the entrance on the west side of the Alumni Memorial Union, circa 2000. The ground level view captures the west side of the building from the south end of the walkway leading...
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The baroque-style window and gabled roof of the facade of the Alumni Memorial Union can be clearly seen in this view from the west side of the building, taken on a sunny day in May 1997.
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Two people approach the eastern entrance to the Alumni Memorial Union on a snowy day in circa 2000. Both the east and west facades are modeled after the Il Gesu Church in Rome.
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One of the wait staff of the Lunda Room in the Alumni Memorial Union makes sure that the flowers are just right. The dining room offers restaurant-style sit down service. On the wall between the two windows in the background is a portrait of Milton...
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An archway frames a student walking through the cloister-like covered walkways linking the Alumni Memorial Union and Weasler Auditorium on a snowy day in January 1993. In this view to the south, the Ex Stasis sculpture and Olin Engineering Center...
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Jerry Ernst, artist for Signworks Co., puts the finishing touches on the Marquette University seal on the ceiling of the Donors' Rotunda in the Alumni Memorial Union, October 1990.
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A night view of the Chapel of the Holy Family at the south end of the Alumni Memorial Union in July 1991. The chapel was constructed in an octagonal shape reminiscent of the eight-sided barns once common in southeastern Wisconsin. Visible in the...
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A stained glass panel depicting the Holy Family is installed near the entrance to the Chapel of the Holy Family from the Alumni Memorial Union. The stained glass panel is one of three installed in the union after their removal from the old chapel...
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Located in the west mall of the Alumni Memorial Union, Ex Stasis is a stainless steel, gold-plated cable and aluminum sculpture donated by Milwaukee-born artist Richard Lippold. The artist described the work as a "celebration of the human spirit!"...
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People walk up and down the grand staircase of the Alumni Memorial Union as seen from the second floor facing west, 1991. The handrails are decorated for the holiday season.
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Students play pool in the game room on the east side of the first level of the Alumni Memorial Union in 1993. In the background, students can be seen playing video games.
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Construction work progresses in the Alumni Memorial Union. In this photograph dated October 29,1989, workers can be seen walking up a temporary staircase (which will later be replaced by a Grand Staircase) to the Rotunda to the west.
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Students and staff enjoy a good time at The Pub in the Alumni Memorial Union, which offered short order menu items along with a selection of beer and wine in 1993.
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A backhoe removes dirt from the site of the Alumni Memorial Union on April 4, 1989. McCormick Hall can be seen clearly in the background just west of the construction area.
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A surveyor takes measurements as a backhoe digs the hole for the foundation of the Alumni Memorial Union in 1989. The Gesu Church spires and Schroeder Hall are visible in the background (to the east).
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The spires of Gesu Church are reflected in the windows of the Alumni Memorial Union, giving the church a shimmering look, while a couple approaches the entrance to the building.
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An aerial view of the west facade of the Alumni Memorial Union as it was being constructed in 1989. Schroeder Hall and the Jesuit Residence are visible in the background.