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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- Mountaineer Football Team
- A late-1940s WSC football team in practice jerseys and other staff in coats and ties pose for a photograph in front of the practice field goal posts. Photograph is dated 1949.
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- Mountaineer Football Team
- The 1964 Mountaineer football team beat the Ft. Lewis Raiders 77-13 on their way to the RMAC championship and post-season action against the North Dakota State University in the Mineral Water Bowl. WSC lost to the favored Buffaloes 14-13. At least five different marching bands, including Western State, are in the stands; this could be one of the annual "Band Day" events.
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- Mountaineer Football Team
- Eleven members of the Mountaineer football team stop for a photograph during practice, ca. 1968.
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- Mountaineer Greg Maestas takes second place at the NCCA College Wrestling Championships at South Dakota State University in...
- Mountaineer Greg Maestas takes second place at the NCCA College Wrestling Championships at South Dakota State University in 1971.
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- Mountaineer Gymnasium Groundbreaking Ceremony.
- A crowd gathers for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new gymnasium building, ca. 1950. Highland Village cabins can be seen on the left through the trees to the southeast; the baseball field and its bleachers are center-right; Savage Library is just visible to the far right. Mountaineer Gymnasium was renamed Paul Wright Gymnasium in 1975.
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- Mountaineer Gymnasium, circa 1951.
- The newly completed Health and Physical Education Department building, later called Mountaineer Gymnasium, and finally officially named Wright Gymnasium in 1975 after Paul "Frosty" Wright, director of the department from 1935 to 1963. Wright was WSC's football coach, and was famous for having established a collegiate skiing program and fostering the popularity of wrestling in Colorado.
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- Mountaineer Gymnasium, early 1960s.
- View of Mountaineer Gymnasium from the southwest, soon after the completion of the pool and women's gym addition, circa early 1960s.