Image View Description: Exterior view of the Walker Art Building, looking northwest, in winter.
College Buildings and Views: Walker Art Building
Notes: Click here for related historical and descriptive narrative from Patricia McGraw Anderson's The Architecture of Bowdoin College (Brunswick, Maine: Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 1988).
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Medium of Original: Silver gelatin photoprint
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 15 x 24
Image View Description: Portrait of Samuel Adams.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1831
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 16 x 11
Image View Description: Portrait of John Francis Appleton
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1860
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 15 x 12 (oval)
Image View Description: Interior view of a bedroom in the president's house with a desk, chairs, and assorted furnishings.
College Buildings and Views: 85 Federal Street
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 19 x 24
Image View Description: Interior view of president's house showing chairs, desk, bookcase, and fireplace.
Image View Description: Exterior east view of 85 Federal Street
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 12 x 20
Image View Description: Exterior view of the observatory, with two other buildings visible to the left.
College Buildings and Views: Observatory
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 18 x 23
Image View Description: Exterior view of the president's house at 85 Federal Street.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 9 x 14
Image View Description: Exterior view of the observatory, with the old Sargent Gymnasium, now the heating plant, on the left.
College Buildings and Views: Sargent Gymnasium (first) Heating Plant Observatory
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 20 x 23
Image View Description: Exterior view of president's house.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 18 x 24
Image View Description: Exterior view of president's house, east view, seen from across the street
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 9 x 9
Image View Description: Exterior view of the Walker Art Building.
Image View Description: Interior view of the president's house, with assorted furnishings.
Image View Description: Portrait of Amos L. Allen.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1860 Students, portraits
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 16 x 12
Image View Description: Color-added postcard, exterior view of "President Hyde's Residence"
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 6 x 9
Image View Description: Interior view of a bedroom in the president's house, with assorted furnishings.
Image View Description: Exterior view of 85 Federal Street, seen through arch in garden
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 25 x 19
Walker Art Building, Interior, Boyd Gallery
Image View Description: Interior view of Walker Art Building, Boyd Gallery.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 17 x 25
Image View Description: Exterior east view of 85 Federal Street, seen at night lit from inside
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 25 x 20
Image View Description: Exterior view of the observatory and tennis courts.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 20 x 25
Image View Description: Exterior view of president's house, northeast view, seen behind trees.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 9 x 15
Image View Description: Exterior view of 85 Federal Street
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 20 x 26
Image View Description: Interior view of Walker Art Building's sculpture hall.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 20 x 24
Image View Description: Exterior east view of 85 Federal Street, house seen behind trees
Image View Description: Interior view of Walker Art Building showing sculpture hall.
Chase, Stanley Perkins (Bowdoin 1905 and fac.)
Image View Description: Portrait of Stanley P. Chase.
College Persons and Groups: Faculty Class of 1905
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 8 x 6
James Stacy Coles, Bowdoin College president
Image View Description: Portrait view of President James Stacy Coles. Image is included in the 1966 Bugle.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 18 x 13
Image View Description: Portrait of Alvan Felch Bucknam
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 15 x 12
Image View Description: Portrait of John Marshall
Image View Description: Portrait of Alvin Felch Bucknam
Image View Description: Portrait of Harlan Page Brown
Image View Description: Formal portrait of Samuel Stillman Boyd (Bowdoin 1860).
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 16 x 12 (oval)
Image View Description: Portrait of George Edgar Brown "A merry, cockeyed, curious-looking sprite."
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1863
Image View Description: Formal portrait of James B. Cochrane.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1861
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 16 x 13
Coles, James S. (Bowdoin president 1952-1967)
Image View Description: Portrait of James S. Coles.
Image View Description: Formal portrait of Nicholas Emory Boyd (Bowdoin 1860), "Your friend and brother."
Image View Description: Portrait of Addison Blanchard.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 30 x 23
Image View Description: Formal portrait of Nicholas Emery Boyd (Bowdoin 1860).
Image View Description: Photograph of George Edwin Colbath
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1917
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 16 x 8
Image View Description: Formal portrait of Kenneth James Boyer (Bowdoin faculty).
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 3 x 5
Image View Description: Portrait of William Cushing Adams.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1897
Image View Description: Portrait of William Alden.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1876 Students, portraits
Image View Description: Portrait of Fred H. Beecher.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1862 Students, portraits
Bartlett, Boyd Wheeler (Bowdoin 1917 and fac.)
Image View Description: Formal head and shoulders profile portrait of Boyd Wheeler Bartlett (Bowdoin 1917 and faculty).
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1917 Faculty
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 4 x 5
Image View Description: Formal portrait of Philip Conway Beam (Bowdoin faculty 1936).
Barton, Frederick D. (Bowdoin fac. 1975-76)
Image View Description: Formal portrait of Frederick D. Barton (Bowdoin faculty 1975-1976).
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 8 x 12
Image View Description: Formal head and shoulders portrait of Anthony Lewis Bascelli (Bowdoin faculty).
Image View Description: Formal portrait of Thomas Taylor Beverage (Bowdoin 1863), "This was the noblest Roman of them all."
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 25 x 18
Image View Description: Formal portrait of Charles Upham Bell (Bowdoin 1863), "gluttonously inclined."
Image View Description: Portrait of Joseph Clement Bates
Image View Description: Portrait of S. M. Finger.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 23 x 17
Image View Description: Portrait of Edmond Eastman Fogg
President Coles receiving James Finn's (Bowdoin 1906) medals.
Image View Description: Mrs. Finn presenting her late husband's (James Finn, Bowdoin 1906) medals to President James Stacy Coles.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 21 x 26
Fernald, Merritt Caldwell (Bowdoin 1861)
Image View Description: Portrait of Merritt Caldwell Fernald
Personal Names: Fernald, Merritt Caldwell
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 15 x 11
Image View Description: Portrait of Seth Chase Farrington
Image View Description: Formal portrait of George Barrett Emery (Bowdoin 1860).
Alexander, Homer Ellsworth (Bowdoin 1890)
Image View Description: Portrait of Homer Ellsworth Alexander.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1890
Personal Names: Alexander, Homer Ellsworth
Image View Description: Portrait of Loring Farr
Image View Description: Portrait of S. A. Evans.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 24 x 17
Image View Description: James A. Doubleday, right, running in a race.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1941
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 7 x 10
Image View Description: Portrait of Roscoe Edwin Farnham
Image View Description: Formal portrait of Edwin Emery (Bowdoin 1861).
Carter, William Hodding Jr. (Bowdoin 1927)
Image View Description: Portrait of William Hodding Carter, Jr.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1927
Personal Names: Carter, William Hodding Jr.
Alexander, DeAlva Stanwood (Bowdoin 1870)
Image View Description: Portrait of DeAlva Stanwood Alexander.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1870
Personal Names: Alexander, DeAlva Stanwood
Image View Description: Portrait of George A. Emery.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 29 x 23
Image View Description: Formal portrait of Alvah Berton Dearborn (Bowdoin 1863).
Image View Description: Portrait of W. W. Eaton.
Image View Description: Formal portrait of Lemuel Grosvenor Downes (Bowdoin 1860).
Personal Names: Downes, Lemuel Grosvenor
Daggett, Athern Park (Bowdoin 1925 and fac.)
Image View Description: Informal portrait of A. P. Daggett.
College Persons and Groups: Faculty Class of 1925
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 18 x 20
Coffin, Robert Peter T. (Bowdoin 1915 and fac.)
Image View Description: Robert P. T. Coffin with his poetry class on Bowdoin campus.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1915
Personal Names: Coffin, Robert Peter Tristram
Image View Description: Portrait of William Winslow Eaton.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 5 x 9
Image View Description: Portrait of W. R. Cross.
Personal Names: Cross, Wellington Rolvin
Image View Description: Formal portrait of John Wheeler Duxbury (Bowdoin 1863), "Great telegraphist."
Image View Description: Formal portrait of Frank Lambert Dingley (Bowdoin 1861).
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 12 x 16
Image View Description: Portrait of N. P. Cram.
Image View Description: General view of trees, pathway.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 13 x 11
Image View Description: Full view of the President's Gateway, with Adams Hall in background.
College Buildings and Views: President's Gateway Adams Hall
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 13 x 8
Image View Description: Portrait of Amos Laurence Allen.
Image View Description: North view of a campus pathway. Left to Right: Hubbard Hall, Massachusetts Hall, Chapel.
Image View Description: North view of a pathway next to Appleton Hall and Hyde Hall. Chapel in the background.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 21 x 13
Image View Description: The Quad, looking north, with Halloween decorations littering the pathway.
Condition of Original: 1 (image faded due to advanced sulfide deterioration)
Provenance: Collection of G.E. Carmichael 1897.
Image View Description: North view of the campus. Left to right: Walker Art Building, Searles Science Building, Memorial Hall, Chapel.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 28 x 33
Image View Description: North view of the campus. Left to right: Walker Art Building, Searles Science Building, Memorial Hall, Chapel, Appleton Hall.
Image View Description: North View of a campus pathway from Adams Hall.
Image View Description: South view of the campus, with a horse and buggy on a pathway. Left to right: Old Sargent Gym, Winthrop Hall, Chapel.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 11 x 8
Image View Description: Winter scene, north view. Left to right: Walker Art Building, Chapel, Appleton Hall.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 11 x 31
Image View Description: Snow scene. Left to right: Memorial Hall, Massachusetts Hall, Adams Hall, Maine Hall,
Image View Description: Winter scene, north view. Left to right with trees in snow: Walker Art Building, Chapel, Appleton Hall.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 10 x 28
Image View Description: Winter scene of the quad. Massachusetts Hall in the background, center.
College Buildings and Views: Massachusetts Hall Quad
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 13 x 10
Image View Description: South view of the memorial flagpole.
College Buildings and Views: Memorial Flagpole
Image View Description: Long-distance view of the flagpole. Walker Art Building on left.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 8 x 8
Image View Description: Close-up of the flagpole with unidentified people seated around the base.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 10 x 10
Image View Description: Close-up of the memorial flagpole with the Chapel in the background.
Image View Description: President Sills and unidentified people standing in the quad.
Image View Description: General view of the quad with trees.
Image View Description: Portrait of James Lewis Fogg
Image View Description: Hubbard Hall in the background, seen from across the snowy Quad.
Condition of Original: 2 ( discoloration due to processing )
Image View Description: Left to right: Searles Science Building, Memorial Hall, Massachusetts Hall.
Condition of Original: 3 ( damaged upper corners )
Image View Description: Northwest view with quad in foreground and Memorial Hall and Massachusetts Hall in the background. Snow scene.
College Buildings and Views: Quad Memorial Hall
Condition of Original: 3 ( light emulsion cracks )