Boxer statue on the day of its return, 2024

Title

Boxer statue on the day of its return, 2024

Description

A photograph of the original "Boxer" statue taken on the day when it was returned to Pacific University on February 21, 2024. This image shows Boxer's left side, with a clear view of the damage that the statue had sustained in past "Boxer Tosses", as well as dozens of marks that past alumni had etched into its side. The statue is flanked by family photographs in the place where it was posed, in the home of alumni John Howard (Class of 1972) and JoAnn Howard (Class of 1974) in Ojai, California.

Boxer is a bronze statue of a qilin which was the inspiration for Pacific's mascot. There had been a tradition of students stealing, hiding and fighting over the original Boxer statue since the early 1900s. This image, taken in the home of an alumnus, is one of a series of photographs that documented the physical appearance of the statue.

Identifier

PUA_MS95_539

Date

2024

Date Created

Feb. 21, 2024

Creator

Timm, Blake

Subject

Pacific University

Mascots

Spatial Coverage

Ojai, California

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Source

Pacific University Archives