Pictured is a room in the newly built Johnson Hall. This postcard was sent to Mr. Herman Turner, St. Paul, Minn., c/o Agr. College. The message on the back reads "Monday, Feb 5, '12, I didn't go down last Sept. but will be in the cities over next Sunday if nothing hinders me. I will most likely be up with you Sat. night, unless I am detained in Mpls until too late an hour. Shall try to be with you tho sometime in the evening. In Haste, Edwin.The picture is a good example of the rooms at the dorm. Room 14 New dorm."
Quinta basketball team of 1915. The basketball has Quinta '15' painted on it. Back row left to right: Alvin Borchard, Thomas Behrer, Walt Leininger, Walter Bohrer. Front row left to right: Art Klebeno, Ernest Meichsner, ? Richer.
Nine boys posed with basketball. Eight are in uniform, one is in a suit. The basketball has "18" painted on it. In the second row the boy on the far right is Karl F. Wentzel.
Sexta basketball team of 1913-1914. The basketball has "Sexta '13" painted on it. Eight boys are posed with the basketball; seven are in uniforms and one is in a suit.
Postcard showing the start of the 220 yard hurdle race at the Minnesota State Meet. Roger S. Anderson (Class of 1915) is second from right. On the reverse is a message from Roger Anderson to Arthur Anderson in Wild Rose, North Dakota.
Male students participate in the cane rush at Carleton College as part of Freshman hazing on the Bald Spot in front of Willis Hall and Sayles-Hill Gymnasium.
Carleton College's 1910 baseball team poses on the field for a group picture. Handwritten text on back reads: "Removed from Luther B. Gilbert scrapbook."
Carleton College football team poses for photograph. Handwritten note on back of postcard reads ""From May Abbot in Nov. 1965."" Players names are listed on back of postcard include Kinder, Clagget, Riegel, Aikin, Moyer, Johnson, Sampson, Howard, Smith, Lewison, Morse, Clark, Gillot, Cowling, Hageline (Hayeline?), Stevenson, Coach Kent, Thane, Jacobsen, L. Leighton, Simpson, Palon, Haskins, Schmidt, Dack, Kent.
Carleton College's State Champion 1909 Football Team poses with a football reading " '09 Champions." Handwritten text on back reads: "Removed from Luther B. Gilbert scrapbook."
Group shot of members of the Class of 1915. The back of the postcard, to Clarence Willmert from his brother Bert, reads in part, "This picture was taken after the flag-rush was over. The Freshman girls are not all there and also some of the boys went away and did not know we were going to have a picture taken. The day was quite dark, and pretty cold to [sic], because a lot of them have got overcoats on."
Students with instruments; back of photo reads "Dear Folks, I found out this afternoon that I will come home next Friday or rather leave here. Now please send the money so I will have it by Wednesday. Don't forget. I will write a letter yet and let you know on what train I will come. Please let me know if you want me to get off at Sibley or Worthington. Yours, Werner."
Portrait of eighteen Carleton women. This appears to be the same group of women depicted on a postcard labeled "Cecilia Glee Club 1907." The women shown are: Irene Ehresman, Martha Oathout, Mamie Cheney, Bess Dougherty, Harriet Buckley, Lulu Townsend, Lucretia Woodard, Clara Boxrud, Lucia Warner, Laura Sherman, Helen Cooper, Vera Erickson, Florence Rice, Ruth Buswell, Hazel Reeves, Miss Crawford, Julia Parker, Nell McKenzie.
Members of the class of 1918, Eunice Gossman, Esther Rice, Jeanette Erickson, climb a tree at Carleton College. Typewritten text on back reads "REC'D from EUNICE RITTER 6/78."
Four young men are shown posing in cadet uniforms and holding guns in this post card studio portrait. The message on the back is addressed to Miss Hannah Ivarson, Carlton, Minn., c/o Henning Ivarson.: "Clarkfield, Minn., July 25, '07. Hello. Did I forget who you was or did you forget who you was, well it makes no difference. Do you [know] the sports in the white suits, some of them I suppose. I am living fine and hope you the same. Send me a postal or something like it if you care to. Your friend, J. L. Anderson, Clarkfield, Minn."
Freshmen male students participate in the cane rush at Carleton College as part of Freshman hazing on the Bald Spot. Laird Hall is visible in the background.
Blenda Nelson, Luther Falk, Mary Anderson, Mable Johnson (back row) and Albert Loreen, Axel Hallberg, Ernest B. Anderson, and Bertha Almen (front row) are shown reading in this postcard portrait.
This post card shows three college girls, including Esther Johnson and Mabel Lucken, and is addressed to Miss Amelia Turner, Ladies Hall, School of Agriculture, St. Paul, Minn. The back reads, "Dear Amelia: I suppose you are already beginning to cram for the exams. We are going to a surprise party for our mailman tonight. I have only 5 weeks of school left. E.J."
Students are walking along a road lined by power lines in or near St. Peter. They are wearing fine clothes for the occasion. Inscribed on the front of the card, in Swedish, is ""På väg hem efter att ha varit uppe vid stationen och mött Kronobergarne."" Translation: "On the way home after having been up to the station and met the people from Kronoberg." On the back side is the photo's title and the nickname "Fickle"
Male gymnasts form pyramids on the Bald Spot at Carleton College. Gridley Hall is visible. Handwritten notes on back of postcard read "Removed from W. Edwin Dean Scrapbook" and "Special Gym Squad 1910."
Male gymnasts form pyramids on the Bald Spot at Carleton College. Gridley Hall is visible. Handwritten notes on back of postcard read "Removed from W. Edwin Dean Scrapbook" and "Special Gym Squad 1910."
Exterior view of Laird Hall on the Carleton College campus. Handwritten notes on the back of the postcard read in part "New (?) Laird Hall 1909"and "received from Alice Wilson Bisbee August 1965."
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.