Box 09

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Our Canary Birds - 1903

Studio portrait. Two monks in habit, surrounded by fourteen boys in suit and tie. Back row standing, other two rows seated. Blond monk on right may be Innocent Gertken.

Sepia print, horizontal, 3 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches, mounted on 5 3/4 x 7 inch khaki cardstock with thin white rule near outer edges.

This photograph has been digitized.

Scope and Contents Rupp's Popcorn Wagon and StudentsLarge group of students in coat and tie, standing in front of a horse-drawn wagon, on an athletic field. The wagon has lettering "[Cre]amery Buttered Pop Corn." A dark horse's head is visible in the right background.Black and white photograph, brown tone. Mounted on gray board with narrow double rule and a leaf border, which has been trimmed.Title from back of mounting board.This photograph has been...

Scope and Contents St. John's Landscape from Across WatabLooking east towards the St. John's campus from across the Watab/Stumpf Lake. Corn field in foreground. Pig barn and at least two other outbuildings visible. Old Stone House at right of the Quadrangle. Luke Hall not yet built. 2 3/8 x 3 13/16 inch print on 2 1/2 x 4 1/16 inch cardstock with red border and rounded corners. Carte de visite.On back: Art Gallery / St. John's University / Collegeville, / Minn....

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Pool Room in Gym

3 1/2 x 4 5/8 inch black and white photo mounted on 5 1/2 x 6 1/2 inch white or ivory mounting board with gray printed ornamental border. Two monks or seminarians play pool in old gym (Guild Hall). Undated. Between 1902 and 1924.

Number 12 circled on back. Two illegible names in pencil on back.

Mounting board is tanned.

This photograph has been digitized.

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Gymnasium interior

4 x 5 inch black and white photo mounted on 5 1/2 x 6 1/2 inch black mounting board with blind embossed ornamental border. Corner of interior of old gym (Guild Hall), larger room. Elevated running track. One monk stands next to parallel bars, another monk in the doorway, and a student leans against a wall rack. Undated. Between 1901 and 1924.

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Gymnasium, 1930s

5 x 7 inch black and white photo mounted on cardstock. Exterior of old gym (Guild Hall), looking southwest. Tower is shorter than original, and north end of building has rounded roof. No earlier than 1937. Partially tinted. Back has instructions about color of bricks.

Back: "1930's" "Brick is color of Cath. H.S. job"

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Scope and Contents St. John's Landscape from Chapel TrailLooking northwest across the Sagatagan towards St. John's campus. Tree in left foreground. Two men in boat at lower right. The Quadrangle and Old Stone House, the laundry, and the Exhibition Hall (1872-1892, Hoffmann) are visible. 2 3/8 x 3 3/4 inch print on 2 1/2 x 4 1/16 inch cardstock with red border and rounded corners. Carte de visite.Between 1883 and 1893.Received from Abbey Archives July 28, 2017....

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Two Monks in Bowling Alley

4 x 5 inch black and white photo mounted on 5 1/2 x 6 1/2 inch black mounting board with blind embossed ornamental border. Two monks stand beside two-lane bowling alley. In the old gym (Guild Hall). Undated. Between 1901 and 1924.

This photograph has been digitized.

Scope and Contents Four Men Playing Pool3 3/4 x 4 3/4 inch black and white photo mounted on 5 1/2 x 6 1/2 inch brown mounting board with blind embossed floral ornamental border. Four young men--two in jackets, two in dark sweaters--stand with pool cues behind billiards table set up for a game. In old gym (Guild Hall). Undated. Between 1901 and 1924. Possibly between 1901 and 1907--we have two mounted photos of Wimmer Hall and one of McElroy Cottage on gray mounting board with same pattern....

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Water Tower and Observatory

3 3/8 x 3 1/4 inch black and white photo mounted on 5 inch square white or ivory mounting board with gray printed ornamental border. Undated. Between 1894 and 1915.

Landscape. White picket fence with gate in foreground. Unpaved road just right of center. Water tower on left, observatory on right.

This photograph has been digitized.