Welcome to the Caption Contest!

We happily give you a chance to attach your silly captions to some of our favorite silly photos from our huge collection. The funniest caption (as judged by the expert judges in Special Collections and Archives) for each month will win a FABULOUS PRIZE!

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July 2025

Citation

Riley Hospital for Children Boy Scout Troop ca. 1930 UA24-001618

Black and white photograph. Four boys, aged seven to 11 sit in three wheeled wheel chair style devices, made of wood. Behind them stand seven other boys. All of them are wearing boy scout uniforms and are posing for the camera. Behind them all is a wooden stick fence and a totem pole carved with a sun and a fleur-de-lis. The ground is well worn dirt and the sky has puffy clouds.

Captions

The pre-race photo of the tragic 1954 Pinewood Derby competition which led leaders to ban scouts from driving and introduced the current small model format.

Photographic evidence that former IU School of Medicine dean and IUPUI chancellor Glenn Irwin (pictured at left) was a life-long pants hiker (https://library.indianapolis.iu.edu/captioncontest/caption_photo/2022/j…).