A picture featuring approximately 15 men building a sidewalk in front of the Judd Gymnasium at Springfield College, ca. 1921 (then the International Young Men's Christian Association Training School). Judd Gymnasia was the first building erected on the new land purchased for the YMCA Training School, now Springfield College, along Massasoit Lake in Springfield, Massachusetts. Morrissey and Shea’s Corporation completed construction on the building in September of 1894 and it was formally opened on October 26, 1894. The original gymnasium, known today as East Gymnasium, was where James Naismith taught classes and coached the school’s basketball team; however, it is not the gymnasium where basketball was invented. Written on the back of the photograph: "168"; Part of a series of 9 items designated "Building Concrete Walkways on Campus: Gymnasium Students Lay Sidewalks in 1921" that were used in an exhibit created circa 2000;
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