Western Historical Photograph Collection
A collection of over a thousand historic photographs, from 1910-2005, that cover a cross-section of campus activities, events, people, and architecture here at Western.
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- Between classes on Western's campus from the northeast corner of Taylor Hall, circa 1967. Hurst Hall is in the background.
- [ca. 1967] cw, Between classes on Western's campus from the northeast corner of Taylor Hall, circa 1967. Hurst Hall is in the background.
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- Biology professor and Dean of Students Dr. John C. Johnson, tending Irrigation ditches in front of North Hall, 1922.
- Biology professor and Dean of Students Dr. John C. Johnson tending irrigation ditches on the west side of North Hall (Taylor Hall) 1922. Dr. Johnson was responsible for the early landscaping around what is now Taylor Hall.
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- Botany professor Dr. Ralph Walker and Mrs. Clarence Hurst pose in Taylor Hall's Hurst Museum, 1950s.
- Botany professor Dr. Ralph Walker and Mrs. Clarence Hurst pose in the Hurst Museum located on the third floor of Taylor Hall, ca. 1950s. One of the Henry Richter murals hangs above.
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- Brian Kiefer ('80-'83) attempts a shot under the basket in Wright Gymnasium, ca. 1983.
- [Brian Kiefer no. 24 ca. 1983] cw
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- Buchtel Cadet Band - Western's Music Camp
- The Buchtel Cadet band was one of the concert bands at the 1954 WSC Music Camp.
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- Bus from 1950 Football Team Monarch Pass Malfunction
- Abandoned in a field near Parlin sits the most famous bus in Western's history. On November 18, 1950, it was carrying the football team to Canyon City for a game with Adams State College. Descending Monarch [Pass], the bus suddenly lost its brakes and the gear shift popped into neutral. While the driver fought to hold it on the road at speeds that reached over 100 miles an hour, the players, at his command, shifted their weight from one side to the other to help hold the vehicle on the curves. In the football game that followed, the Mountaineers beat the Indians 35 to 14. [Martin Hatcher notes]
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- Business professor Harold Binford helped man the scorekeeper's table for home games, ca. 1963.
- [Scorekeepers table, H. Binford, right] cw
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- By the 2000s, fat tire bicycles enabled many WSC students to make their way around campus by bike during the winter months. ...
- By the 2000s, fat tire bicycles enabled many WSC students to make their way around campus by bike during the winter months. This sidewalk north of Taylor Hall was often referred to as "Taylor Pass". (The sidewalk to the north of the library was "Savage Pass".), ["Taylor Pass" ca. 2001] cw
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- Campus Personalities in a promotional photo, circa 1937.
- Three representatives of the Western student body ("Campus journalist", "Hoop star", "Sorority president") walk toward the camera in a promotional photo for the college. circa 1937.
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- Candidates file in to Mountaineer Gymnasium for Commencement exercises, circa mid-1960s.
- Candidates file in to Mountaineer Gymnasium for Commencement exercises, circa mid-1960s.
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- Candidates line up to proceed to Taylor Hall Auditorium for Commencement exercises, circa 1963.
- Candidates line up to proceed to Taylor Hall Auditorium for Commencement exercises, circa 1963. Photograph taken from the third floor of Taylor Hall looking northwest toward Savage Library.