The opening of the new Slats Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, at Oregon State College. Basketball players from the Oregon State Beavers are playing against the University of Utah. Looking downward from upper seating above the basketball court, players can be seen moving on the court, being watched by a seated audience. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Saturday, December 17, 1949 (negative 1 of 14).

Players from Oregon State College and the University of Utah on a basketball court at the newly opened Slats Gill Coliseum in Corvallis. A Utah player, Dolan Condie, is dribbling the ball across the court, while Oregon player Dick Ballantyne lunges forward to the right. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Saturday, December 17, 1949 (negative 12 of 14).