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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View of Coronado Hall from the southeast, circa 1950.
View of Coronado Hall from the southeast, ca. 1950 (based on foliage).Heating plant chimney is in the background to the north.
View of Escalante Complex from the southwest, circa 1962.
View of Escalante Complex from the southwest, ca. 1962. The melted and drained ice rink is in the foreground; the Student Union is on the right.
View of Escalante Heights from the south, circa 1950s.
View of Escalante Heights from the south, ca. 1950s. Escalante Heights was a group of army barracks moved from Dalhart, Texas to the WSC campus to ease the housing shortage in 1947. The resulting thirty-one apartments were located near the current Escalante Complex. They were sold and moved in 1960.
View of Escalante Terrace and Colorado Hall from the east, circa 1970.
View of Escalante Terrace and Colorado Hall from the east, circa 1970.
View of Hurst Hall from the west-southwest circa mid-1960s.
View of Hurst Hall from the west-southwest circa mid-1960s.
View of Keating Hall after its 1954 enlargement and remodeling.
View of Keating Hall after its 1954 enlargement and remodeling.
View of Keating Hall from the south, circa 1940.
View of Keating Hall from the south, ca. 1940. The smokestack from the campus heating plant can be seen behind (north of) the cafeteria; Ouray Hall is to the east.
View of Kelley Hall construction from an upper floor of Taylor Hall, autumn 1956.
View of Kelley Hall construction from an upper floor of Taylor Hall, autumn 1956.

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