Image View Description: Interior view of the Chapel taken from the entrance. Pews, side panels, side windows, ceiling beams, and east end of the Chapel are shown.
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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Location of Original: 1.13.1 Vol. 3 folio
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 18 x 23
Image View Description: Baseball at Bowdoin, circa 1912. From Leland G. Means scrapbook.
Medium of Original: Silver gelatin photoprint
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 9 x 12
Image View Description: Students on steps of unidentified building holding banners for Colby, Bowdoin, Bates, Maine and Coburn. Notation on back of photograph is "Maine State, Alfred W. Stone [Class of 1910], 36 Garland St., Bangor, Maine"
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 17 x 12
Image View Description: Sitting room of DKE. Focus is on fireplace, meeting table, and seating area in window alcove.
College Buildings and Views: Burton-Little House 4 College Street Delta Kappa Epsilon House Kappa Delta Theta
Medium of Original: Silver gelatin photoprint (sepia tone)
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 12 x 18
Image View Description: Alfred Wheeler Stone (on right) and another unidentified student dressed as soldiers. Stone was a member of the Dramatic Club and is presumably dressed for a role in a Dramatic Club production.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1910
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 14 x 10
Image View Description: Alfred Wheeler Stone (kneeling) and another unidentified student dressed as soldiers. Stone was a member of the Dramatic Club and is presumably dressed for a role in a Dramatic Club production.
Image View Description: Bowdoin baseball player, circa 1912. From Leland G. Means scrapbook.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 11 x 8
Helmreich, Ernst Christian (Bowdoin faculty)
Image View Description: Portrait of Ernst Helmreich
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 15 x 10
Dane, Nathan II (Bowdoin 1937 and faculty)
Image View Description: Head and shoulders of Nate Dane II (Class of 1937) as a young faculty member.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 12 x 9
Image View Description: Color-added postcard of Chapel partially obscured by trees and viewed from the quad. Titled "Barrister" Hall and Chapel instead of "Banister" Hall and Chapel.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 9 x 14
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 10 x 12
Image View Description: Baseball player at Bowdoin, circa 1912. From the Leland G. Means (Bowdoin 1912) scrapbook.
College Persons and Groups: Students, candids
Location of Original: 1.3.3 Vol. 252 folio
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 27 x 35
Image View Description: Portrait of Thomas C. Van Cleve.
Image View Description: Three students in a dormitory room. Two of the students are playing cards and the third student is laying on a couch, reading.
Provenance: Scrapbook of Herbert L. Swett (Class 1901), 1.3.3 Volume 217 Folio
Image View Description: Postcard reproduction of a photogravure in sepia by H.D. Nichols of the Bowdoin College campus, birds-eye view. See College Buildings: Campus Maps, Plans and Views (series 1.13.3) for this image, larger format.
College Buildings and Views: Campus views
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 9 x 18
Image View Description: Bowdoin baseball captain Ed Callahan (wielding 101 year old bat) receiving pitch from Bowdoin coach Danny MacFayden with Richard B. Harwell catching; casual game on the Quad.
Personal Names: MacFayden, Daniel K. Callahan, Edward Harwell, Richard B.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 13 x 18
Image View Description: Alfred Wheeler Stone dressed in formal attire, holding a top hat and wearing a monocle. Stone was a member of the Dramatic Club.
Image View Description: Student room showing desk, chair, couch and multiple photographs on the walls. From notation on back of photograph this presumably was Alfred Wheeler Stone's (Class of 1910) room in the DKE fraternity house.
College Buildings and Views: 4 College Street Burton-Little House Delta Kappa Epsilon House Kappa Delta Theta
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 11 x 17
Image View Description: Alfred Wheeler Stone dressed as a professor, with white hair and glasses, holding books. Stone was a member of the Dramatic Club and is presumably dressed for a role in a Dramatic Club production. The photograph is signed "Dramatically Yours, Prof. Dryden."
Image View Description: Portrait view of Samuel Kamerling (Bowdoin chemistry professor, 1934-1969)
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 12 x 8
Image View Description: Thomas C. Van Cleve in military dress.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 23 x 18
Kenneth C.M. Sills and Samuel E. Kamerling
Image View Description: Close-up of Sills (Bowdoin president, 1918-1952) and Kamerling (Bowdoin chemistry professor, 1934-1969) on the water. Only a small portion of the boat, mainly the wooden captain's wheel, is visible.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1901 Presidents Faculty
Personal Names: Kamerling, Samuel E. Sills, Kenneth CM
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 12 x 17
Image View Description: Portrait of Thomas C. Van Cleve seated at desk.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 15 x 12
Image View Description: Student room in DKE fraternity showing desks, bookcase and multiple pictures on the wall.
College Buildings and Views: Delta Kappa Epsilon House Burton-Little House 4 College Street Kappa Delta Theta
Image View Description: View of the front of Kappa Sigma House, 38 Harpswell St., framed by trees, with snow in the foreground. In 1965 Kappa Sigma withdrew from the national fraternity and became Alpha Kappa Sigma.
College Buildings and Views: Kappa Sigma House Alpha Kappa Sigma House Donovan D. Lancaster House 38 Harpswell Street
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 27 x 34
Hormell, Orren Chalmer (Bowdoin faculty)
Image View Description: Portrait view of Orren Hormell, Bowdoin professor for 40 years, including DeAlva Stanwood Alexander Professor of Government from 1927-1951. Professor Hormell also received an honorary Doctor of Civil Law from Bowdoin in 1951.
Image View Description: Chi Psi House at 7 Boody Street. Snow on the ground is piled around the semi-circular drive in front of the house.
College Persons and Groups: Fraternities
College Buildings and Views: 7 Boody Street Chi Psi House Reed House
Bowdoin faculty during President Sills' administration
Image View Description: Informal group portrait of the faculty, with President Sills seated in the front row, center. Picture is taken on the quad in front of Massachusetts Hall during the fall.
College Persons and Groups: Presidents Faculty
College Buildings and Views: Massachusetts Hall
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 17 x 24
Image View Description: Class of 1885 crew team pictured in the 1885 Bugle: Frank William Davis (1885), John Andrew Peters (1885), Frank West Alexander (1885), Frank Irving Brown (1885) and Frank Nathaniel Whittier (1885). John Andrew Peters is wearing a jacket and tie; the other members of the team are in uniform. All are seated.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1885
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 9 x 10
Image View Description: Alpha Rho Upsilon House, 238 Maine St., with snow in the foreground. The House was owned by Sigma Nu fraternity from 1921-1951.
College Buildings and Views: Alpha Rho Upsilon House 238 Maine Street Helmreich House Sigma Nu House Wellness House
Image View Description: "Bowdoin College Chapel, Brunswick, Perspective;" architect Richard Upjohn. Photographic print of watercolor in brochure published by the Trustees of the Portland Museum of Art. Original held by Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. Copy in College Buildings collection (1.13.1).
Provenance: Trustees of the Portland Museum of Art
Medium of Original: Published color print
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 11 x 14
Image View Description: Formal, sepia toned, portrait of Bowdoin's swimming coach, Robert B. Miller (as a young man).
Image View Description: South and east sides of Massachusetts Hall with ivy covered walls, framed by trees in full leaf. This color image forms the cover of a card containing the Massachusetts Hall Historic Preservation Series Postal Card.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 15 x 23
Image View Description: Color postcard of the Sargent Gymnasium/Hyde Athletic Building showing the west (entrance) side, the polar bear statue, and a corner of the Curtis Pool Building. Cars from the 1930's or 1940's? parked in front.
College Buildings and Views: Polar Bear Sargent Gymnasium Hyde Athletic Building
Medium of Original: Color Added Postcard
Image View Description: Baxter House, 10 College St., framed by fir trees, with the Alpheus Spring Packard Gateway and snow in the foreground. From 1951-1971, Baxter House was owned by Sigma Nu fraternity.
College Buildings and Views: 10 College Street Baxter House Sigma Nu House
Image View Description: View of Coles Tower and the adjoining two-story buildings, Chamberlain and Wentworth Halls, seen through trees in the foreground.
College Buildings and Views: Coles Tower
Image View Description: Delta Sigma House, 259 Maine St., with snow in foreground.
College Buildings and Views: Delta Sigma House 259 Maine Street Delta Upsilon House
Image View Description: View of the north and east sides of the Alpha Delta Phi House, 228 Maine St., with snow in the foreground.
College Buildings and Views: 228 Maine Street Howell House Alpha Delta Phi House
Image View Description: View of the front and side of Beta Theta Pi House, 14 McKeen St., with snow in the foreground.
College Buildings and Views: Beta Sigma House Beta Theta Pi 14 McKeen Street
At the Bowdoin - Maine Championship Game
Image View Description: Panomara photograph titled "At the Bowdoin - Maine Championship Game, Nov. 8, 1919." View is of a crowd of seated spectators wearing hats and coats. In the right foreground is a photographer photographing a seated and tethered black bear, with the caption "'Teddy' having his picture took."
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 8 x 30
Image View Description: Drawing of the Class of 1878 Gateway with Massachusetts Hall and Winthrop Hall in the background. Snow is visible on the gates, ground, and trees.
College Buildings and Views: Class of 1878 Gateway
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 28 x 17
Image View Description: Theta Delta Chi House, 5 McKeen St., with snow in foreground.
College Buildings and Views: Theta Delta Chi MacMillan House 5 McKeen Street
Image View Description: Bowdoin verses Maine baseball game at Whittier Field, May 12, 1912. From Leland G. Means scrapbook.
Image View Description: South and east sides of Massachusetts Hall, with trees in full leaf in the background. This color drawing is in the upper right corner of the Massachusets Hall Historic Preservation Series Postal Card, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the founding of the College.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 3 x 6
Image View Description: Zeta Psi House, 14 College St., with snow in foreground.
College Buildings and Views: 14 College Street Ladd House Zeta Psi House Chi Delta Phi
Image View Description: Black and white panorama of quad with trees in full leaf and Walker Art Building on the left.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 8 x 28
Winthrop Hall, Maine Hall, and the Chapel
Image View Description: Drawing of campus with tree-lined sidewalk in the foreground and left to right, Winthrop Hall, Maine Hall, and the Chapel.
College Buildings and Views: Winthrop Hall
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 23 x 16
Image View Description: Robert E. Peary with faculty in 1911 Commencement procession. From Leland G. Means (Bowdoin 1912) scrapbook.
Personal Names: Peary, Robert Edwin, 1856-1920
Abrahamson, Albert "Jim" (Class of 1926, economics professor 1928-1976)
Image View Description: Albert "Jim" Abrahamson on leave from Bowdoin, at his desk in Washington at the War Refugee Board.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1926
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 18 x 24
Image View Description: Portrait view of Professor Abrahamson. He appears to be in his mid to late years.
Left to right: Van Cleve, Thomas C.; Abrahamson, Albert "Jim"; and Livingston, Charles H.
Image View Description: Three Bowdoin professors, left to right: Colonel Thomas C. Van Cleve, Albert "Jim" Abrahamson, and Charles H. Livingston. Van Cleve and Abrahamson are in military uniform; all have cigars in hand, and are standing outdoors in front of an unidentified building.
Image View Description: Bowdoin Pines with a pathway through the middle of the pines which seems to lead to a clearing.
College Buildings and Views: Bowdoin Pines
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 26 x 20
Left to right: Van Cleve, Thomas C.; Livingston, Charles H.; and Abrahamson, Albert "Jim"
Image View Description: Three Bowdoin professors, standing outdoors, left to right: Thomas C. Van Cleve, Charles H. Livingston, and Albert "Jim" Abrahamson.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 9 x 15
Image View Description: Bowdoin Pines with pathway through the pines and sunlight shining through the trees onto the path.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 25 x 20
Image View Description: Abrahamson (far right) on trip to Israel to attend Prime Minister's conference. Image is also in the Albert Abrahamson Papers, M282 Volume 2 Folio.
Image View Description: Bowdoin Pines with dirt road winding through the trees.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 24 x 19
Image View Description: Trunk of large pine in the foreground, with an unidentified man wearing suspenders leaning against the trunk. Woods in the background.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 26 x 9
Image View Description: Hand-colored postcard of the Bowdoin Pines, showing the pines and two pathways through the trees. There are red flowers or weeds in the foreground.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 15 x 21
Abrahamson Reading Room, Hubbard Hall - 6th floor
Image View Description: Photograph of the Abrahamson Reading Room taken by the Museum of Art on the occasion of the installation of a painting in the room.
College Buildings and Views: Hubbard Hall
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 19 x 24
Abrahamson, Albert "Jim" (Bowdoin 1926, economics professor 1928-1976)
Image View Description: Albert "Jim" Abrahamson as a young man. He is wearing a suit and is outdoors, with grass and trees in the background. Image is also in the Albert Abrahamson Papers, M282 Volume 1 Folio.
College Persons and Groups: Faculty Class of 1926
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 16 x 11
Image View Description: Back row, left to right: Alfred Westcott `23, Malcolm Hardy `24, Reginald Johnston `24, Jonathan Tibbitts `22; middle row: left to right: Norman Miller `23, Clinton Weymouth `24, Professor Alfred Otto Gross, Irvine Jardine `24, Homer Ferguson `24, Francis Hill `23; front row, left to right: Paul Phillips `24, Raymond Sullivan `25, Earle Perkins `23 (president), Herbert Webb `23 (secretary-treasurer), Harvey Lovell `24, Robert Phillips `24.
College Persons and Groups: Biology Club
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 11 x 28
Leighton, Henry Leland Chapman and Abrahamson, Albert "Jim"
Image View Description: In a dormitory or fraternity room, Henry Leland Chapman Leighton (Bowdoin 1925) at a desk and Albert "Jim" Abrahamson (Bowdoin 1926) in a rocking chair beside the desk. Image is also in the Albert Abrahamson Papers, M282 Volume 1 Folio.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 12 x 15
Image View Description: Abrahamson (standing) at head table of a dinner meeting. Image is also in the Albert Abrahamson Papers, M282 Volume 1 Folio.
Image View Description: Left to right: Albert Abrahamson and John Fitzgerald at the time Abrahamson was leaving the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Image is also in the Albert Abrahamson Papers, M282 Volume 1 Folio.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 11 x 15
Abrahamson, Albert "Jim" (Class of 1926)
Image View Description: Portrait view of Albert Abrahamson. This same view, slightly cropped, was used in the 1926 Bugle.
Image View Description: Portrait view of Professor Abrahamson, class of 1926 and Bowdoin professor of economics 1928-1976. Abrahamson is wearing glasses and appears to be in his mid to late years.
Image View Description: Portrait view of Professor Abrahamson, class of 1926 and Bowdoin economics professor 1928-1976. Abrahamson appears to be in his early years as a faculty member.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 18 x 12
Image View Description: The Delta was the name of the playing field next to Adams Hall (far right). In the background, barely visible, left to right: roof of the first Sargent Gymnasium, the Chapel towers, Maine Hall, Winthrop Hall, Massachusetts Hall, and Memorial Hall (behind the grandstand).
College Buildings and Views: Winthrop Hall Delta
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 12 x 19
Image View Description: Members of the College Bowl team and their coach holding a prize bowl. Left to right: Charles Mills `66, William Rounds `64 (alternate), Kenneth Smith `64, Jotham Pierce `65, Michael Bennett `67, and coach, instructor in English, Daniel Calder `60.
Image View Description: Four members of the College Bowl team at the studio with a College Bowl official. Left to right: Charles Mills `66, Kenneth Smith `64, Jotham Pierce `65, Michael Bennett `67, and College Bowl host Robert Earle.
Image View Description: Drawing of the upper floors of Coles Tower and the Chapel steeples viewed from above the treeline. Done in black ink with shading in gray watercolor. Drawn by Mark E. Kelley (Class of 1939).
Published in the Bowdoin Alumnus, Winter 1968, page 18
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 26 x 37
Crandall, Albert Farnsworth (Class of 1925)
Image View Description: Albert Farnsworth Crandall seated at a desk in a student room. Crandall lived in the Phi Delta Psi fraternity house.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1925
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 13 x 19
Image View Description: Black and white postcard showing a path through the pines. Postcard is titled "Bowdoin Pines Brunswick, Me."
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 14 x 9
Image View Description: Sepia postcard of the Theta Delta Chi House. There is handwriting on the postcard and a 1906 postmark.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 8 x 14
Image View Description: Sepia postcard of Massachusetts Hall as seen from the quad. part of Memorial Hall is visible in the background. There is handwriting on the card and a 1905 postmark.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 8 x 10
Image View Description: Sepia postcard of the Kappa Sigma House.
College Buildings and Views: Alpha Kappa Sigma House Donovan D. Lancaster House Kappa Sigma House 38 Harpswell Street
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 9 x 11
Image View Description: Sepia postcard of the Alpha Delta Phi House. There is handwriting on the postcard and a 1906 postmark.
College Buildings and Views: Alpha Delta Phi House
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 8 x 12
Image View Description: Sepia postcard of the south and east sides of Walker Art Building, viewed from the quad. There is writing on the postcard and a 1905 postmark.
College Buildings and Views: Walker Art Building
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 7 x 11
Image View Description: Sepia postcard of Searles Science Building as seen from the quad with the Thorndike Oak in the foreground. There is handwriting on the postcard and a 1906 postmark.
College Buildings and Views: Searles Science Building Thorndike Oak
Image View Description: Sepia postcard of the Delta Upsilon House.
College Buildings and Views: 259 Maine Street Delta Sigma House Delta Upsilon House
Image View Description: Postcard of the east side of Walker Art Building. View is from the south side of the entrance, looking north. There is handwriting on the postcard and a 1908 postmark.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 13 x 9
Image View Description: Sepia postcard of the Zeta Psi House. There are trees in the foreground and unidentified people seated on the front steps.
College Buildings and Views: Zeta Psi House
Image View Description: Sepia postcard titled "King Chapel." The Chapel is framed by trees without leaves. There is handwriting on the postcard and a 1906 postmark.
Image View Description: Sepia postcard of the Beta Theta Pi House
College Buildings and Views: Beta Sigma House 14 McKeen Street Beta Theta Pi
Image View Description: Sepia postcard of the Hubbard Grandstand at Whittier Field. There is handwriting on the postcard and a 1905 postmark.
College Buildings and Views: Hubbard Grandstand Whittier Field
Image View Description: Colored postcard with the Class of 1875 Gateway in the foreground and the Chapel and quad in the background. There is handwriting on the postcard and a 1905 postmark.
College Buildings and Views: Class of 1875 Gateway
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 9 x 13
Image View Description: Hand-colored picture of the pines with a pathway going through the middle of the pines.
Studio: Higgins' Scenic Print and Art Co.
Image View Description: Sepia postcard titled "Hubbard Hall, The Library of Bowdoin College." Hubbard Hall is viewed from the quad. There is handwriting on the postcard and a 1906 postmark.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 8 x 11
Image View Description: Portrait view of Professor Pols which is in the 1950 Bugle.
Image View Description: Sepia postcard of the Delta Kappa Epsilon House with trees in the foreground. There is handwriting on the postcard and a 1908 postmark.
Image View Description: Sepia postcard of the Psi Upsilon House viewed from Maine Street. There is handwriting on the postcard and a 1906 postmark.
College Buildings and Views: Quinby House 250 Maine Street Psi Upsilon House
Image View Description: Sepia postcard of Memorial Hall as seen from the quad. Ivy is climbing on the south side, and trees in full leaf are in the background. There is handwriting on the card and a 1906 postmark.
College Buildings and Views: Memorial Hall
Image View Description: Colored postcard showing pathways through the pines. Postcard is titled "Brunswick, Me., The Bowdoin Pines, Bowdoin College."
Image View Description: Man in hat and jacket leaning against the trunk of a large pine. Woods in the background.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 25 x 9
Image View Description: Bowdoin Pines with cut pine tree about to fall to the ground. Unidentified lumberman to the right of the tree.
Condition of Original: Silver gelatin photoprint
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 20 x 8