A lot can change in 70 years.

This week my JN 325 class visited the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library at the University of Alabama. In recent years, the library's primary focus is to display content online, from old Corolla yearbooks to an almost forgotten Working Lives series.

One of the more interesting digital collections is The University of Alabama Encyclopedia. It shows the university's history through photographs.

A photo of Bryant-Denny Stadium during the early 20th century stuck out on the page. It did not resemble the stadium I knew today. The student section I know now wasn't even a thought. No upper decks blocked the view of the sky. Back then, fans referred to the stadium as Denny Stadium. (It would be renamed Bryant-Denny Stadium in 1975.)

The stadium had roughly 20,000 to 30,000 seats. With talks about expanding the stadium further, it makes me realize how football and Alabama are deeply intertwined. It makes me realize a lot can change in 70 years.

The library has many other digital collections as well.