Image View Description: View of "The Old Guard" arriving at the Commencement ceremonies of 1942.
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Medium of Original: Silver gelatin photoprint
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 10 x 15
Image View Description: View of the procession in robes and gowns at the Commencement of 1951.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 13 x 11
Image View Description: View of the audience for the dedication of the Cleaveland Chemistry Building Lecture Room at the Commencement of 1952.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 11 x 13
Image View Description: Scene graduating seniors in caps and gowns lined up outside the First Parish Church for the Procession of the Commencement of 1952.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 9 x 12
Image View Description: Scene of four men on the steps of the Walker Art Building near leaning on a podium at Ivy Day, Commencement of 1952.
Image View Description: Scene of speakers standing at the Commencement dinner of 1952. Pictured: Governor Payne, President Sills, Senator Margaret Smith, and Phillip H. CLifford.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 12 x 9
Image View Description: Scene of onlookers at the laying of the Chemistry Hall cornerstone. President K.C.M. Sills, Earle Thompson '14, James K. Smith, Professor Samuel Kammerling, Charles Cary '10.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1914 Class of 1910
Image View Description: View of President Sills laying the cornerstone for the Cleaveland Hall of Chemistry at the Commencement of 1951.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 9 x 9
Image View Description: View of the procession of the Commencement of 1952. (ID may not be correct) Admiral Bert Peary, Peary's grandson, President Sills, Youinor Payne.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 8 x 12
Image View Description: Informal portrait of a speaker in a booth with a crowd of onlookers at the Commencement of 1949.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 7 x 10
Image View Description: View of the procession of the Commencement of 1952. H. Hoyt Moore of '95 escorts President Brixler of Colby.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1895
Image View Description: Scene of five speakers standing at the Commencement dinner of 1951.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of six speakers standing at the Commencement dinner of 1946.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 15 x 23
Image View Description: Informal portrait of a man, Cummingham, seated, wearing a black coat and hat and holding a cigar at the Commencement of 1949.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 26 x 21
Image View Description: View of President Sills receiving the Alumni Council gift from Kendrich Burns '14 at the Commencement of 1952.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1914
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 10 x 9
Image View Description: Informal group portrait at the laying of the Chemistry Hall cornerstone. President K.C.M. Sills, Earle Thompson '14, James K. Smith, Professor Samuel Kammerling, Charles Cary '10.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1910 Class of 1914
Image View Description: View of the Marshalls for the Commencement of 1947. Pictured: Jonathan Wales French '37, Alden Hart Sawyer '27, George Hunnewall Quinby '23.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1923 Class of 1927 Class of 1937
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 20 x 25
Image View Description: Informal portrait of the Radar Parade in white uniform marching past the Walker Art Building at the Commencement of 1945.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 18 x 23
Image View Description: Scene of the president's reception at the Commencement of 1946. Professor Copeland, Mrs. and President Sills welcome Professor Robert P.T. Coffin, Peggy Coffin, and Richard Coffin.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 19 x 24
Image View Description: Scene of four men stuffing a ballot box, possibly in the Cleaveland Chemistry Building, at the Commencement of 1952. Charles Cary '10, Farrington Abbot '03, President Sills, and Harry Palmer '04.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1910|Class of 1903|Class of 1904
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 10 x 12
Image View Description: Informal portrait of a speaker in a booth with two onlookers at the Commencement of 1949.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of two members of the Class of 1936 warm up for the '36-'41 baseball game at the Commencement of 1946.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1936
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 19 x 15
Image View Description: Informal portrait of honorary degree recipients Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone and the Earl of Halifax at the Commencement of 1944.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 21 x 26
Image View Description: Informal portrait of four members of the "Old Guard" from 1882 and 1879 at the Commencement dinner of 1946.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 12 x 23
Image View Description: Portrait of Irving Babbitt. (modern copy)
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 16 x 11
Image View Description: Scene of the ceremonies of the October Commencement of 1945 in the Chapel.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of a speaker at the Commencement of 1963.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 18 x 13
Image View Description: View of the procession by the polar bear statue and through the Quad at the Commencement of 1963.
College Buildings and Views: Polar Bear Quad
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).
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 13 x 18
Image View Description: Informal portrait of three news correspondents at the Commencement of 1963. NBC's John Rich (Bowdoin 1939), CBS's Paul Niven (Bowdoin 1946), WBZ's Carl de Suza (Bowdoin 1938).
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1938 Class of 1946 Class of 1939
Image View Description: Group portrait of the honorary degree recipients in caps and gowns at the Commencement of 1962. Left to right: President Coles, Arthur H. Dean, Henry M. Winston, Edward T. Gignow, Agnes M. Shumway, Frank Stanton, Lawrence L. Pelletier, William P. Drake.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of Governor Payne presenting President Sills with a scroll of appreciation from the people of Maine at the Commencement dinner of 1952.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of five guests at a gathering outside at the Commencement of 1963.
Image View Description: Group portrait of the honorary degree recipients in caps and gowns at the Commencement of 1963. Left to right: Herbert Ross Brown, Elton R. Blaisdell, Charles A. Cary, Claude L. Allen Jr., President Coles, Lloyd Dew Brace, Roswell L. Gilpatric, Paul K. Niven.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of the ROTC Commissionary exercises on the steps of the Walker Art Building with Paul Douglas (Bowdoin 1913).
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1913
Image View Description: Informal portrait of guests at gathering outside at the Commencement of 1963.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of two Flemming men, both of whom received degrees, in caps and gowns at the Commencement of 1954.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 7 x 8
Image View Description: Informal group portrait of ROTC representatives on the steps of the Walker Art Building during the Commencement of 1955.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of guests at a Commencement gathering of 1963.
Image View Description: Scene at an outside podium with Colonel Brick Bartlett addressing ROTC graduates at the Commencement of 1954.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 8 x 7
Image View Description: Informal portrait of two unidentified men at the Commencement of 1963.
Image View Description: View of the procession of seniors in caps and gowns passing the Polar Bear statue during the Commencement of 1953.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 8 x 11
Image View Description: Informal portrait of an unidentified man standing at the Commencement of 1952.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 8 x 3
Image View Description: Informal portrait of the ROTC commissionary exercises at the Commencement of 1963. Paul Douglas standing next to Gary Akiyoshi Yamashita in uniform and his parents.
Image View Description: Group portrait of seven former Bowdoin football captains seated on steps at the Commencement of 1962. Front row, left to right: William R. Crowley (Bowdoin 1908), Major General Wallace C. Philoon (Bowdoin 1905), Colonel Philip S. Wood (Bowdoin 1913). Back row, left to right: Dr. Daniel C. Monro (Bowdoin 1903), Dr. Harrison J. Hunt (Bowdoin 1902), John L. Hurley (Bowdoin 1912), William P. Newman (Bowdoin 1910).
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1912 Class of 1903 Class of 1910 Class of 1902 Class of 1913 Class of 1908 Class of 1905
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 13 x 19
Image View Description: Three separate pictures pasted onto a strip of paper, each of a speaker at the Commencement dinner of 1953. Shown are Philip Clifford (Bowdoin 1903), Philip Good (Bowdoin 1936), and Libby (?) (Bowdoin 1925).
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1936 Class of 1903 Class of 1925
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 7 x 19
Image View Description: Colonel Kennett and General Philoon swear in the new 2nd lts. at the Commencement of 1953.
Image View Description: Informal group portrait of the overseers at the Commencement of 1954. Pictured: Chester Granville Abbott, Baxter, Harold Hitz Burton, and Benjamin Robert Shute.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of two speakers at the Commencement of 1963.
Image View Description: Scene of the procession of the alumni at the Commencement of 1962. Leading: Francis S. Dane (Bowdoin 1896), Charles S.F. Lincoln (Bowdoin 1891), George E. Carmichael (Bowdoin 1897).
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1891 Class of 1896 Class of 1897
Image View Description: Informal portrait of ROTC reviewers on the steps of the Walker Art Building during the Commencement of 1955.
Image View Description: Three separate pictures pasted onto a strip of paper, each of a speaker at the Commencement dinner of 1953. Shown are President Coles, Roswell Preston Bates (Bowdoin 1933), and an unidentified man (Bowdoin 1928).
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1933 Class of 1928
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 6 x 19
Image View Description: Group portrait of honorary graduates in caps and gowns at the Commencement of 1964. Left to right: Clifford G. McIntire, Dorothy Dennis Marsh, John R. Newell, President Coles, Frederick W. Whittaker, Clarence D. Rouillard, George D. Woods, and Abram L. Sachar.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of a senior in gown, possibly Tom Putnam, speaking at a podium on the terrace of the Walker Art Building with others visible in the background at the Commencement of 1984.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1984
Image View Description: Informal portrait of members of the Class of 1918 standing outside talking at their 45th reunion.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of three speakers by a podium in caps and gowns at the Commencement of 1981. Left to right: Mary McCarthy, Wells Johnson, A. Leroy Greason.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of a member of the Class of 1918 inside with his wife holding a cigarette at the 45th reunion.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of people at the Commencement ceremonies of 1978.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of senior in gown speaking at a podium on the terrace of the Walker Art Building at the Commencement of 1984.
Image View Description: Scene of seniors in gowns applauding at the Commencement ceremonies of 1982.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1982
Image View Description: Scene of seniors in gowns standing at the Commencement ceremonies of 1984.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of an unidentified man presenting another unidentified man with a plaque, both in caps and gowns, at the Commencement ceremonies of 1979.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 13 x 20
Image View Description: Informal portrait of a member of the Class of 1918 inside with his wife at the 45th reunion.
Image View Description: Scene of the audience at the Commencement exercises of 1964, seated in the south trancept of the First Parish Church.
Image View Description: View of the procession by the polar bear statue and through the Quad at the Commencement of 1964.
College Buildings and Views: Quad Polar Bear
Image View Description: Informal portrait of people at the President's reception at the Commencement of 1964.
Image View Description: Portrait of Irving Babbitt.
Image View Description: Scene of an unidentified man speaking at the Commencement ceremonies of 1978.
Image View Description: Scene of the crowds in front of the Smith Union at the Commencement of 1984.
Image View Description: Scene of a man at a podium speaking at the Commencement of 1974.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of President and Mrs. Coles greeting people at the President's reception at the Commencement of 1964.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of four unidentified men sitting at a table in front of a curtain at the Commencement of 1964.
Image View Description: Scene of seniors in caps and gowns in the audience of the Commencement of 1980. L-R: Philip Abbott (Class of 1980); Elkanah Absalom (Class of 1980); Jeffrey Adams (Class of 1980); ?Kevin Adams (Class of 1979); and ?Kyra Ahl (Class of 1980)
Image View Description: Scene of the softball game at Pickard Field between the classes of 1954 and 1959 during the Commencement of 1964.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1954 Class of 1959
Image View Description: Informal portrait of the ROTC Commisioning on the terrace of the Walker Art Building at the Commencement of 1964.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of five unidentified men being presented with plaques in front of a curtain at the Commencement of 1964.
Image View Description: Group portrait of three members of the Class of 1918 outside at their 45th reunion.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1918
Image View Description: Group portrait of Theta Delta Chi fraternity members.
College Persons and Groups: Fraternities
College Buildings and Views: Theta Delta Chi
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 12 x 32
Image View Description: Composite of individual portraits of all the fraternity members.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 28 x 36
Image View Description: Informal portrait of members of the Class of 1918 and their wives talking at the 45th reunion dinner.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of several wives of the Class of 1918 watching a man play an accordion inside at their 45th reunion.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of three members of the Class of 1918 inside holding drinks at their 45th reunion.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of three members of the Class of 1918 talking inside at their 45th reunion.
Image View Description: Portrait of Leon Warren Babcock.
College Persons and Groups: Class of 1917
Image View Description: Informal portrait of members of the Class of 1918 and their wives at the alumni banquet of their 45th reunion.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of several members of the Class of 1918 and their wives talking inside at their 45th reunion. On right, "Nubs" Newens, the rest unidentified.
Image View Description: Informal group portrait of four members of the Class of 1918 outside at their 45th reunion.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of three members of the Class of 1918, one holding a cigar, talking inside at their 45th reunion.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of three members of the Class of 1918 and one wife talking inside at their 45th reunion.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of a member of the Class of 1918 standing inside with his wife at the 45th reunion.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of two members of the Class of 1918 standing inside talking with their wives at the 45th reunion.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of members of the Class of 1918 and wives at the alumni banquet of their 45th reunion.
Image View Description: Group portrait of six members of the Class of 1918 outside at their 45th reunion.
Image View Description: Group portrait of the fraternity members. Front row, left to right: J. Libby, J.B. Thompson, Pulsifer, F. Cook, P. Davis, Ben Webster, F.S. Dane. Middle row, left to right: R. Parker, F.W. Blair, A. Mitchell, F.B. Smith, A.L. Churchill, W.M. Ingraham, S. Fessenden, H. Warren. Back row, left to right: J.F. Dana, W. Spear, W.W. Lawrence, H.H. Pierce, H.R. Ives, T.L. Pierce, F. Small, S.O. Andros, E.G. Pratt.
Dimensions of Original (in cm. h x w): 27 x 32
College Events: Early years of coeducation, 1970-1975
Image View Description: Informal portrait of a member of the Class of 1918 smoking at the alumni banquet of their 45th reunion.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of "Doc" Claff, a member of the Class of 1918, seated under a lamp inside at his 45th reunion.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of three members of the Class of 1918 inside holding drinks and talking at the 45th reunion.
Image View Description: Informal portrait of two members of the Class of 1918 talking inside at their 45th reunion.