Crimson Days Marks Opening of NISNS (NIU) in 1899

From the April 3, 2019, MidWeek  "Looking Back."

Photograph from 1899.

A photograph shows a horse-drawn carriage fully festooned with flowers and a woman in it in her finest cloths.

The caption reads:  "Crimson Days marked the opening of Northern Illinois University (Northern Illinois State Normal School) on September 21, 1899.  It was a three-day celebration that included the dedication of Altgeld Hall."

--Cootgeld