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Football player Leonard, or Teddy, Baehr, 1914
John "Paddy" Reece's cartoon of the bearcat, 1914
The Bearcat, 1922
Basketball star Ethan Allen, 1926
Ethan Allen, 1926
UC Band, 1930
Baby Bear, 1931
The Bearcat on sheet music, 1933
Bearcat Schedule, 1942
Book Cover, 1944
The Bearcat, 1947
Football coach Sid Gillman and athletic director Chic Mileham, 1949
The Bearcat, 1950
The Bearcat, 1950
Rifle Team
circa 1950
1951 Cincinnatian, Religious Activities
1951 Cincinnatian, Administration
1951 Cincinnatian, Campus Activities
Cheerleaders, 1953
Cheerleaders, 1953
Bearcat Sketch, 1953
Used in the News Record title from 1953-1955
Float, 1955
UC Band, 1956
Cheerleaders, 1957
Cheerleaders, 1957
Homecoming, 1957
UC Band, 1957
Environmentally friendly Bearcat, 1959
Smile Awhile!
circa 1960
The Bearcat, 1962
Celebrating the NCAA basketball championship, 1961
The Bearcat, 1963
Float, 1963
From the title of the October 3, 1963 News Record
Homecoming, 1964
UC Band, ca. 1965
UC Wrestling, 1969
Cheerleaders, 1971
Homecoming, 1971
The Bearcat on Fountain Square, 1975
The Bearcat on Fountain Square, 1975
The Bearcat helps president Warren Bennis stump for state status on Fountain Square, 1976
Cheerleaders, 1976
Commencement, 1977
Women's Basketball, 1977
The Bearcat, 1978
A Bearcat Couple, 1978
Homecoming, 1980
Bearcat fan (front), 1980s
Bearcat fan (back), 1980s
Biologist J. Robie Vestal in Antarctica, 1984
Cheerleaders, 1987
The binturong, 1989
The Bearcat, 1996
The Bearcat in his Valentine's Day skivvies, 1997
The UC Bookstore's "Pigskin Payoff," 2003
From the UC Band Alumni Newsletter, 2004
Float, 2005
The Bearcat, 2006
Proposed Bearcat Statue, 2007
(not under consideration)
Cincinnati Magazine Cover, February 2007
President Nancy Zimpher with the Cincinnati Zoo's new bearcat, 2008
(Courtesy UC Office of Public Relations)
Lucy as a baby, 2008
(Courtesy UC Office of Public Relations)
The bearcat in cap and gown at graduation, 2009
(Photograph by Zo Grace)
Bearcat at the Admissions & Visitor Center in TUC.
Created as part of the 2002 Mascot Mania fiberglass Bearcat competition, 2010.
(Photograph by Kathleen Forste)
UC Libraries’ Bearcat Cat-a-log, created as part of the 2002 Mascot Mania fiberglass Bearcat competition, 2010.
(Photograph by Kathleen Forste)
Admissions Flyer, 2010
Inflatable Bearcat atop Woody’s Restaurant on Calhoun Street, 2010.
(Photograph by Kathleen Forste)
Wet Paint sign, 2010
(approved design, 1995-2006)
The News Record cover, Welcome Back Issue, September 2010
Topper's Pizza, 2010
Bearcat statue installed in 2010 near Fifth Third Arena, 2011 (Photograph by Janice Schulz)
Close-ups of the bearcat statue, 2011 (Photographs by Janice Schulz)
UC-Blue Ash librarian Michelle McKinney hanging out with the Bearcat on Fountain Square, 2011
One of the bearcats guarding McMicken Hall with Mick and Mack (Photograph by Lauren Fink, 2011)
Inflatable bearcat in the UC Bookstore (Photograph by Lauren Fink, 2011)
