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ASU's 50th Anniversary
November 04, 2008
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Every conceivable means of advertising was used to get the vote out for the Proposition that would allow Arizona State College to become Arizona State University.Photographer: Tom Story -
A different Mill Avenue existed in 1958, where street banners were hung in favor of Proposition 200.Photographer: Tom Story -
Traditional methods of advertising for the Proposition were used, as a billboard in 1958 shows.Photographer: Tom Story -
Proponants of the proposition displayed their support with a favorable bumper sticker.Photographer: Tom Story -
Army ROTC students prepare to take boxes of petitions from ASU's campus to the Arizona State Capitol.Photographer: Tom Story -
An armored car was used to transport the petitions to the State Capitol.Photographer: Tom Story -
Students rally at the State Capitol in support of Proposition 200.Photographer: Tom Story -
Students demonstrate against one of the new proposed name, Tempe University.Photographer: Tom Story -
The Arizona Republic newspaper's editorial cartoonist, Reg Manning, comments on the reluctance of the residents in southern Arizona to support the proposed name change.Photographer: Tom Story -
Students went door to door in a grass roots campaign for support.Photographer: Tom Story -
Students gathered in front of the Memorial Union to wait for results on election night.Photographer: Tom Story -
A tabulation system was employed to track the results.Photographer: Tom Story -
Crammed into the command center, students react as they receive word that Proposition 200 passed.Photographer: Tom Story -
Grady Gammage, president of the new university, greets students from the Starlight balcony of the Memorial Union with news of the election.Photographer: Tom Story -
The student newspaper, the State Press, reported the story the next day. The proposition passed by a two-to-one margin: 101,871 to 51,471.Photographer: Tom Story -
President and Mrs. Gammage unfurl the pennant for the new university.Photographer: Tom Story -
A card section in Goodwin Stadium thanks voters for their support of the name change.Photographer: Tom Story
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