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The Web 1960 Page 1
Dublin Core
Title
The Web 1960 Page 1
Subject
Description
There is an illustration of the Confederate spider on the first page of the 1960 yearbook. In it, the spider in in a web holding a handgun, a bayonet, a sword, and a Confederate flag. "Confederate Spidey" was the university's "unofficial" mascot from around 1950 to the early 1970s.
Source
Virginia Baptist Historical Society, The Web (1960): 1. Available online via the UR Scholarship Repository.
Publisher
The Web, University of Richmond
Date
1960
Relation
Language
English
Type
Identifier
Web.1-1960.jpg
Coverage
Richmond (Va.)
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Student Contributor
Files
Citation
“The Web 1960 Page 1,” University of Richmond Race & Racism Project, accessed April 26, 2025, https://memory.richmond.edu/items/show/2710.