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Plaque marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Smoot, the 1958 stunt in which MIT pledge Oliver Smoot was laid end over end to measure the Harvard Bridge at 364.

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Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of The Smoot

Plaque marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Smoot, the 1958 stunt in which MIT pledge Oliver Smoot was laid end over end to measure the Harvard Bridge at 364.

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