The Bearcat Through the Decades
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Football player Leonard, or Teddy, Baehr, 1914
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John “Paddy” Reece’s cartoon of the bearcat, 1914
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The Bearcat, 1922
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Basketball Star Ethan Allen, 1926
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Ethan Allen, 1926
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UC Band, 1930
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Baby Bear, 1931
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The Bearcat on sheet music, 1933
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Bearcat Schedule, 1942
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Book Cover, 1944
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The Bearcat, 1947
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Football coach Sid Gillman and athletic director Chic Mileham, 1949
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The Bearcat, 1950
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The Bearcat, 1950
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Rifle Team, circa 1950
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1951 Cincinnatian, Religious Activities
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1951 Cincinnatian, Administration
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1951 Cincinnatian, Campus Activities
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Cheerleaders, 1953
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Cheerleaders, 1953
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Bearcat Sketch, 1953
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Used in the News Record title from 1953-1955
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Used in the News Record title from 1953-1955
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Float, 1955
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UC Band, 1956
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Cheerleaders, 1957
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Cheerleaders, 1957
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Homecoming, 1957
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UC Band, 1957
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Environmentally friendly Bearcat, 1959
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Smile Awhile! circa 1960
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The Bearcat, 1962
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Celebrating the NCAA basketball championship, 1961
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The Bearcat, 1963
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Float, 1963
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From the title of the October 3, 1963 News Record
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Homecoming, 1964
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UC Band, ca. 1965
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UC Wrestling, 1969
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Cheerleaders, 1971
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Homecoming, 1971
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The Bearcat on Fountain Square, 1975
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The Bearcat on Fountain Square, 1975
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The Bearcat helps president Warren Bennis stump for state status on Fountain Square, 1976
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Cheerleaders, 1976
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Commencement, 1977
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Women’s Basketball, 1977
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The Bearcat, 1978
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A Bearcat Couple, 1978
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Homecoming, 1980
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Bearcat fan (front), 1980s
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Bearcat fan (back), 1980s
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Biologist J. Robie Vestal in Antarctica, 1984
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Cheerleaders, 1987
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The binturong, 1989
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The Bearcat, 1996
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The Bearcat in his Valentine’s Day skivvies, 1997
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The UC Bookstore’s “Pigskin Payoff,” 2003
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From the UC Band Alumni Newsletter, 2004
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Float, 2005
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The Bearcat, 2006
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Proposed Bearcat Statue, 2007 (not under consideration)
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Cincinnati Magazine Cover, February 2007
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President Nancy Zimpher with the Cincinnati Zoo’s new bearcat, 2008 (Courtesy UC Office of Public Relations)
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Lucy as a baby, 2008 (Courtesy UC Office of Public Relations)
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The bearcat in cap and gown at graduation, 2009 (Photograph by Zo Grace)
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Bearcat at the Admissions & Visitor Center in TUC. Created as part of the 2002 Mascot Mania fiberglass Bearcat competition, 2010. (Photograph by Kathleen Forste)
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UC Libraries’ Bearcat Cat-a-log, created as part of the 2002 Mascot Mania fiberglass Bearcat competition, 2010. (Photograph by Kathleen Forste)
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Admissions Flyer, 2010
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Inflatable Bearcat atop Woody’s Restaurant on Calhoun Street, 2010. (Photograph by Kathleen Forste)
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Wet Paint sign, 2010 (approved design, 1995-2006)
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The News Record cover, Welcome Back Issue, September 2010
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Topper’s Pizza, 2010
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Bearcat statue installed in 2010 near Fifth Third Arena, 2011 (Photograph by Janice Schulz)
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Close-up of the bearcat statue, 2011 (Photographs by Janice Schulz)
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UC-Blue Ash librarian Michelle McKinney hanging out with the Bearcat on Fountain Square, 2011
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One of the bearcats guarding McMicken Hall with Mick and Mack (Photograph by Lauren Fink, 2011)
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Inflatable bearcat in the UC Bookstore (Photograph by Lauren Fink, 2011)
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Bearcat Tryouts, 2017
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Bearcats Dash & Bash, 2017
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Bearcats Dash & Bash, 2017