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February Photo Caption Contest

By IU Indianapolis Today

February 02, 2026

Students dancing at a Valentine's Day dance in 1927 The February caption contest photo dates back almost 100 years. The picture from 1927 features students from the IU Training School for Nurses, now the School of Nursing, holding their junior class Valentine’s Day dance.

Caption the (not so?) romantic scene for a chance to win a prize from the judges at Special Collections and Archive, and a reminder: thousands of photos spanning the Indianapolis campus’s history can be found on the University Library digital image collection website.

Congratulations to Dorothy Field for submitting the winning caption for January: “Due to post-war water shortages, the men’s synchronized swim team was forced to practice on the south lawn.” 

4 Herron students in 1947