Museum Room in Old Main Building. Old Main opened in 1874 as the main building of St. Cloud State. Old Main was demolished in 1950 after the completion of Stewart Hall.
Caption on the back reads, "James Murray in his room. Cont. by Dean R.U. Jones." Dean Jones was Macalester Class of 1901, Head of the Chemistry Department from 1903-1941, and Dean of the College from 1917-1936.
Top photo is a print of the campus in 1878. Bottom photo is a view of the campus in 1895, from the college to northeast. It shows part of 1 1/2 mile long, 8 ft high fence enclosing the discontinued Kittsondale Fairgrounds and Racetrack north of St. Anthony Avenue.
Studio portrait of George Kleeberger wearing a suit and sitting with his family. George Kleeberger served as president of the Third Normal School at St. Cloud from 1895 to 1901.
Exterior view of Edwards Hall, a men's boarding club, with group portrait of boarders, 1896. Located on campus at the end of Princeton Avenue. 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.
Exterior view of Edwards Hall with two men posing outside, Macalester College men's boarding club, 1896. Located on campus at the end of Princeton Avenue.
Interior view of a dormitory room. David Thompson's roommate was John Aleels. Their room was on the second floor of Eutrophian Hall on Grand Avenue in St. Paul.
A.E. Evans, Macalester College Class of 1897, standing holding a guitar in his room. 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.
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.
Interior view of the Kindergarten Room in Old Main with children sitting at tables and chairs, women standing and sitting in background. Old Main was constructed in 1874.
Interior view of the Library in Old Main with men and women, wearing dresses and suits, sitting at tables studying, shelves of books surrounds tables, light fixture hangs from the ceiling. Old Main was constructed in 1874.
Interior view of the Recitation Room with rows of chairs facing a desk, chalkboards surround walls with framed pictures hanging above them in background. Old Main was constructed in 1874.
Faculty of Hamline University on the lawn in front of Old Main. Science Hall is at their backs. Sitting: William E. Thompson, Loren Harrison Batchelder, George Henry Bridgman (president), Alta Barker, George Swan Innis. Standing: Henry Leslie Osborn, Euphemia (Effie) Miller Loag Osborn, Arthur Z. Drew, and ?.
Interior view of gymnasium in the Old Main Building, with a balance beam, rings hanging from ropes, mats on the floor. Old Main was constructed in 1874.