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.
Aerial view of one of the Summer Music Camp marching bands performing for the crowd in Mountaineer Bowl, 1959. A corner of the newly-constructed maintenance building is seen on the top left.
WSC Summer Music Camps in the 1950s usually featured more than one marching band. This group, complete with two band majors and a bevy of twirlers, pose for a photograph in parade formation on the lawn west of the old college clubhouse. One of the Highland Village buildings can be seen in the background.
Aerial view of the 1959 WSC Summer Music Camp marching bands looking southeast. Mountaineer Bowl was about a year old; its gatehouse had just been completed. Escalante Heights, Highland Village, and Kelley Hall are in the background.
Part of the WSC Summer Music Camp was the parade down Gunnison's Main Street. Here the camp's marching band show their skills as they pass the Unique Theatre on the first block of Main Street. The sign on the bottom left may be the "Sweet Shop"; other businesses are the Rosemont Cafe and Cummings Equipment Company.