Photos from Abbey Archives: Landscape, 1916-1924
Scope and Contents
Photos from Abbey Archives: Landscape
Photo 1: Bird's eye view, possibly taken from water tower with a long lens. Looking west. Buildings include Quadrangle, Benet Hall, Science Hall (Engel, Simons). Baseball diamond approximately where Breuer Science building is now, Handball courts and possibly tennis courts on future site of Alcuin Library.
On AZO paper. Undated, circa 1923.
Photo 2: Looking east from a field across the Watab. Buildings include Science Hall (Engel, Simons), Quadrangle, Old Gym, Greg House, Wimmer, water tower.
On Cyko paper. Embossed twice in upper left: St. John's Studio, Collegeville, Minn. Undated. Circa 1916. Devil's Tower but no Benet Hall.
Photo 3: Mowed field in middle ground. Rolling hills dotted with trees behind. Two spires in background.
Printed on Cyko paper. 1918.
Photo 4: [blank]
Real photo postcards, black and white, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches.
Original Location 102/2: 2.13-003
Dates
- 1916-1924
Extent
3 Photographic Prints
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
083/6: 1-027
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2019-028, Abbey Archives
Physical Facet
Print, Photographic
Photograph, Black-and-White
Postcard, Picture
Repository Details
Part of the Saint John's University Archives and Special Collections Repository
P O Box 2500
Alcuin Library
Collegeville Minnesota 56321 United States
epohlman@csbsju.edu (for SJU Archives and Special Collections) or ecavanaug002@csbsju.edu (for The Saint John's Bible)