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ASU Then and Now: Comparing 50 years of progress

Let State Press take you back to 1966 with video comparisons and fun facts

Band students march in a screenshot from the Arizona State University: Campus in the Sun video.

Band students march in a screenshot from the Arizona State University: Campus in the Sun video.


ASU Then and Now: Comparing 50 years of progress from The State Press on Vimeo.

Follow The State Press back in time as we compare and contrast video footage from Arizona State University: Campus in the Sun — a 1966 promotional video by Canyon Films, Inc. with current State Press video desk packages. We show you Tempe campus landmarks, paired with attendance, tuition and expansion numbers with a word from ASU President G. Homer Durham.

Sources: Robert Spindler, head of University Archives, Arizona State University Libraries

Thesis by Raymond Humbert: Making It Look Like a University Was Here: Arizona State University Architecture and Planning in the G. Homer Durham Decade, 1960-69

Audio: "Fight, Arizona State" Waring, Fred, 1900-1984. / Arizona State University — Songs And Music.


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