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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Two WSC Hiking and Outing Club members at the Continental Divide atop Monarch Pass, circa winter 1963.
Two WSC Hiking and Outing Club members at the Continental Divide sign atop Monarch Pass, circa winter 1963.
Two WSC students concentrate on mastering the ten-key machine in Taylor Hall, 1959.
Two WSC students concentrate on mastering the ten-key machine in Taylor Hall, Summer 1959. The nearest machine is an Olivetti Divisumma 24 electromagnetic model, an impressive machine for 1959.
Two WSC students get ready to depart campus in an MGA after a game of tennis.
Two WSC students get ready to depart campus in an MGA after a game of tennis. The second club house, Savage Library, and the Escalante Heights barracks can be seen in the background, dating the photograph to no later than 1960.
Two Western cheerleaders do the splits, circa mid-1950s.
Two Western cheerleaders do the splits on the basketball court floor, circa mid-1950s.
Two Western cheerleaders pose in a Mountaineer Gymnasium hallway, early 1950s.
Two Western cheerleaders pose in a Mountaineer Gymnasium hallway, circa early 1950s. Marge Shilaikis is identified as one of the cheerleaders.
Two coeds stand in the Spring runoff southwest of Taylor Hall, circa 1920.
"Two cheerful coeds brave the runoff that drained the rodeo grounds every spring. It's 1920, and the central portion of Taylor Hall [Central Hall] is under construction. Fences have been built, trees planted, and a single paved sidewalk connects the campus with downtown Gunnison." -- M. Hatcher notes
Two students use Dictaphone machines in their Office Machines class, Taylor Hall, circa 1950.
Two students use Dictaphone machines in their Office Machines class, Taylor Hall, circa 1950.

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