The three members of Carleton's original class of 1874, including Carleton's eventual first graduates, J. J. Dow and Myra Brown. Pictured are: Bayard T. Holmes, Myra A. Brown, and James J. Dow.
The first college freshman class is shown in a classroom setting. Pictured are: (first row) Charlie Olson, Olivia Eckloff, Anna Eckloff, Dr. J. P. Uhler, E. C. Sahlstrom (Mrs. Aug. Hed), Mary Meyer (Mrs. Turitin), William J. Tilderquist, G. A. Petri.; (second row) A. Godenius[?], Solomon Eckman, Rev. A. G. Olson, Rev. C. P. Lundgren, G. S. Olson, Joseph A. Jackson; (third row) Alfred J. Holmes, A. F. Lundquist, C. O. Cassel, Bar, C. A. Ramstead, Anton W. Holmes, Adolph C Olson, C. E. Seashore, John F. Dahl, O. B. Solvanus.
Uniformed Augustana College Band members pose with instruments including drums and brass. Band member O. J. Johnson (second from the right, top row) served as President of Gustavus Adolphus College 1913-1942.
Hamline University Glee Club in rehearsal on the stage of Bridgman Hall in University Hall (also known as Old Main). Arthur Z. Drew at far left. A portrait of Bishop Leonidas Lent Hamline, for whom the university is named, hangs on the back wall.
Sunday school class led by the Reverend James Ansel Sutton, who is in the center of the group. Sutton was an 1888 Hamline University graduate and he served as a Methodist Episcopal minister in Minnesota, Washington, Alaska, and California.
Group portrait of Carleton students of German, posed with books inside Gridley Hall. Pictured are: Gracia L. Jenks; Carlos Eben Allen; Alice E. Andrews; James E. Jenks; Wiliam J. McCarthy; Maude V. Willsey; William W. Taylor; Gertrude Woodruff; May E. Donovan; May H. Cravath; James F. Chapman; Josie Drucilla Allen; Wilmer E. Griffith; Alfaretta H. Jenkins; Harlan W. Fisk; Katherine L. Donaldson; Paul W. Barney.
A group of male students tipping their hats to a group of female students in a posed group portrait from the spring of 1895. People pictured are: Mary Elsie VanCampen; Ida Mary Ellis; Glencora Stokes; Mabel Opal Knapp; Frances Crouch; Bessie Mabel Cook; Ruth Annah Haven; Elizabeth Taylor; Harry McFarland Williams; Denny Clough Gates; Allen Harmon Carpenter; James Roger Van Slyke; Malcolm Dana; Normal Lucia Olsen; and Aimee Alice Wells.
Group of men and women, seated in three rows, on a grassy bank. Caption on back reads, "Twin City Volunteer group? Welbon, Koons, Evans, both Sherwins, Herrick, Baker, Joseph Koshaba of Macalester."
Interior view, students using microscopes at Biological laboratory at Old Main. Display cases are against the wall in the background. George Hubbard, St. Cloud State faculty, sits in the foreground looking through a microscope. Old Main was constructed in 1874.
Carleton students who left school for military service during the Spanish-American War, in training with the 12th Minnesota Infantry at Chickamauga. Pictured are: John Gleed Redding. Frank Knapp, Ernest Lundeen, Fred Smith, and George G. Larson.
Hamline University student group at 1599 Hewitt Avenuel. Back row from left: Lois Nettie Marsh, Robert W. Terry, Lewis Puffer, George Kinsman, Clement C. Boos, Paul Barkuloo, A.L. Richardson, Mabel H. McKinstry, ? Morehouse, George P. Watson, W.E. Bowers, Roy Allis, George P. Babcock, George E. Peck, ? Harter, Guy Caldwell, ? Sheldon, George D. Montgomery. Third row: Clinton P. Abbott, Adria D. Schuck, Arthur C. Fawcett, E.L. Heath, Hugh Crossen, Anstis C. Stebbins, Chester H. Tether, Mary Graling, Gertrude Webster, Byron O. Mork, Ida M. Wenger, W.B. Bridgman, Elmer Richardson, Maud E. Wallace, Harry R. Bridgman. Second row: Harry M. Wagner, ?, Carrol E. Payne, Raymond P. Kaighn, Bertram A. Shuman, ? Edmunds, Mel Wylie, Paul Peterson, Elinor Quigley, Gertrude Harris. Front row: Ferdinand A. Wenger, Laura A. McClay, ?, Silas A. Cook, Oliver J. Stirratt, Christie Williams, Ella Probst, B.I. Kimerer, Sarah A. Chick, Nellie Dogherty
Five young women wearing freshman caps pose in this studio portrait. They are: (front) Marie Sigurdson, Elna Peterson, Myrtie Ostrom; (back) Irene Sander and Amy Turner.
Percy Brush, Macalester College Class of 1901, standing in a classroom. Contributed by Richard Uriah Jones, Macalester College Class of 1901, and Macalester Head of Chemistry Department 1903-1941, and Dean of the College, 1917-1936.
This is a group photograph of Gustavus faculty and students gathered in front of Old Main. The back reads, "Oscar Sandahl college) middle left of steps, tall, bowtie; Anna Hilda Hedberg (music conservatory 1901 or 1902) 5th row from front rt. of center, same row as Oscar in left center; Harry Hedberg top left of door, dk. hair (facing)."
Conservatory students surround Dr. Reinhold Lagerström (row 4, center). Among them is Anna Hilda Hedberg (Row 3, center with the black striped blouse).
Gustavus Adolphus College students surround their professor, Dr. Lagerström. Anna Hilda Hedberg is pictured in row 3, center, with the black striped blouse.
Composite portrait of Hamline University College of Physicians and Surgeons graduates. Top row from left: Max P. Hirschfield, Thorald Thorkelson, Andrew Tanner, Harry A. Larson, Thomas Hovorka, Nelson M. King, Irwin D. Stretch, Thorvald Holen. Second row: John A. Monahan, James E. Cramond, M.M. Hashbarger, Albert S. Thompson, Edward G. Nicholson, John J. Deertz, Edwin W. Humphrey, Fred C. Poehler. Third row: George E. McCann, Cyrus K. Ritchie, Adelaide Woodward, Henry H. Helk, Margaret Ryan, Arthur A. Kahala, Walter A. McEachern. Bottom row: Lewellyn D. Peck, Axel Brustad, Otto F. Johnson, August C. Tingdale, Otto C. Quitmeyer, John J. Ogg, Fletcher W. Powers, D.W.S. McDougald.
An oratorical contest was held at St. Olaf College on April 4, 1902. Students, faculty, and staff from Gustavus Adolphus College boarded a specially marked Northwestern Line train for the ride to Northfield to attend the contest, where Gustavus student Harry Hedberg took 4th place. This photograph shows the train, the send-off crowd, and the passengers at the depot located near campus.
An oratorical contest was held at St. Olaf College on April 4, 1902. Students, faculty, and staff from Gustavus Adolphus College boarded a specially marked Northwestern Line train for the ride to Northfield to attend the contest, where Gustavus student Harry Hedberg took 4th place. This photograph shows the crowd assembled on the station platform, ready to board the train.
Uniformed Gustavus Adolphus College Band members pose with instruments including drums, clarinets and brass. Band member Nathan Ofelt is seated 6th from the right, 2nd row.
Concordia Academy baseball team of 1936-1937. Back row: Seebach (coach), E. Krause, N. Spomer, H. Mix, D. Kasischke, E. Lemke (manager). Middle row: R. Ehlers, R. Bohlman, V. Gerike, V. Brandt, W. Werning. Front row: C. Boye (capt), F. Schwieger, E. Kramer, R. Brandt, E. Bentrup, A. Lemke.
Black and white group portrait of a chemistry class, 4 men wearing suits, and 4 women wearing dresses, standing together in a room, tables on the side and display cases in the background. Left to right: Lura Leonard, Miss Getty, Frank Vogel, Frank Murray?, Professor Keppel, Andrew Lingren, Carl Anderson, Lulu Cross.
Office Commercial Club members, both wearing suits and one wearing a hat, sitting at desks, with one on a telephone and the other uses a typewriter. On the left is Edwin Nelson. On the right is Elmer Williams.
Postcard with five photographs depicting a Hamline University Flag Rush, a contest between the freshman and sophomore classes. Published for the St. Paul Souvenir Co.
A mock wedding, probably in Gridley Hall, being staged by a number of women of the college. Pictured are: Dora I. Clark; Clara Adams Nutting; Josephine Somsen; Marjorie A. Sawyer; Alzina C. Munger.
Students lying on grass outside with brooms, mattresses and blankets hanging on clotheslines. The brooms are used to beat the mattresses clean. Taken near the old dining room.
Students lying on grass outside with brooms, mattresses and blankets hanging on clotheslines. The brooms are used to beat the mattresses clean. Taken near the old dining room.
Spectators watching action of the annual freshmen-sophomore "cane rush," a scrap on the northwest corner of the Bald Spot, in front of Willis Hall and Sayles-Hill gymnasium.