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Which came first? The Tiger or his stripes?
Dear Mr. Mudd, What is the origin of the Princeton Tiger? Which came first the tiger or his stripes? In 1992 the Office of Communications produced a photo essay concerning this very topic! The answer is that Princeton adopted the stripes long before the actual tiger! Here is an excerpt from that essay: On October…
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