What did NYU frat boys look like in the 1890s?

Meet the bros from Psi Upsilon fraternity, posing in their house at the college’s University Heights campus in the Bronx in 1897.

The photo comes from a fascinating historical timeline on New York University’s website.

A bong (or a hookah pipe?), goofy hats, experiments in facial hair—they don’t look that different from the NYU students flocking to downtown pubs and dive bars today!

Tags: East Village bro bars, frat boys from 1890s, New York University history, New York University in the 19th century, NYU Bros culture, NYU frat boys, NYU in the East Village, Psi Upsilon fraternity, what frat boys look like

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