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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: Summer Music Camp Directors' Banquet; Director Paul Yoder monkeys around on the drums at the 1957 Summer Music Camp directors' banquet.

: Summer Music Camp Honors Band; The 1961 WSC Summer Music Camp Honors Band poses on stage in Taylor Hall Auditorium.

: Summer Music Camp Jazz Band; An eighteen piece WSC Summer Music Camp jazz band poses for a photograph in the original campus clubhouse, 1958.

: Summer Music Camp Marching Band; A 1958 Summer Music Camp marching band stands at attention in parade formation on the lawn west of the old campus clubhouse.

: Summer Music Camp Marching Band; 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.

: Summer Music Camp Marching Band; One of the marching bands stands at attention in parade formation northwest of the Student Union during the 1957 Summer Music Camp.

: Summer Music Camp Marching Band.; 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.

: Summer Music Camp Marching Bands; 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.

: Summer Music Camp Messiah Chorus; WSC Music Camp "Messiah Chorus" members pose on the campus bleachers for a group photograph, summer 1937.

: Summer Music Camp Orchestra; This 1958 Summer Music Camp orchestra included music students from elementary to high school age.

: Summer Music Camp Outdoor Concert; [1950s] cw, A crowd gathers for an outdoor concert on the lawn west of Taylor Hall during a WSC Summer Music camp, ca. mid- 1950s.

: Summer Music Camp Parade; 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.

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