Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives

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This collection includes photographs, slides, transparencies, and negatives depicting the history of Bryn Mawr College from the mid 1800s to the late 1990s. Images depict individuals associated with the College, including faculty, staff, students, and alumnae/i; historical and current College buildings and campus landscapes; events, including commencement, sports, plays, and traditions; and group photographs. The majority of the images are black-and-white, though there are some color images from the late 1960s through the 1990s. Early photographic formats include cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards, cyanotypes, and photomechanical prints.

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Merion Hall
Title:
Merion Hall
Description:
Exterior view of the front of Merion Hall. Most of the building is covered with ivy. Several trees are visible in front of the building.
Date:
(approximate)1885 - (approximate)1929
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Goodhart Hall
Title:
Goodhart Hall
Description:
Interior view of Goodhart Hall. A student stands against the wall on the right-hand side of the photograph. One student is visible, walking away through the interior archway of the building. It is difficult to identify which part of the building the photograph depicts, since the image is pretty dark.
Date:
(approximate)1928 - (approximate)1989
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Bryn Mawr College campus, aerial view
Title:
Bryn Mawr College campus, aerial view
Description:
Aerial view of buildings from west.
Date:
(questionable)1950 - (questionable)1959
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
May Day 1949
Title:
May Day 1949
Description:
May Day Procession, 1949
Date:
1949-05
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Deanery interior
Title:
Deanery interior
Description:
Interior view of the Deanery as in M. Carey Thomas' time.
Date:
(approximate)1885 - (approximate)1933
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Interior of Denbigh Hall after the fire of 1902
Title:
Interior of Denbigh Hall after the fire of 1902
Description:
Interior view of Denbigh Hall after the fire of March 16, 1902. A staircase is visible in the foreground. The image seems to be of a hallway in the top floor of the building. The roof has been mostly damaged by the fire. Debris can be seen on the floor. There are several damaged doorways visible in the background of the image.
Date:
1902
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Anne Allen Knapp, Margaret Tyler, and Sara Ann Suppes
Title:
Anne Allen Knapp, and Sara Ann Suppes
Description:
Anne Allen Knapp, Margaret Tyler, and Sara Ann Suppes stand on Merion Green holding hoops and flowers.
Date:
(inferred)1933-05
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Student from the Class of 1907
Title:
Student from the Class of 1907
Description:
Unidentified student portrait of a member of the Bryn Mawr College Class of 1907 in graduation gown and cap. Printed on back (in all caps): "Established 1850 / Broadbent Company / 1415 Chestnut Street / Philadelphia".
Date:
1907
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Thomas Great Hall
Title:
Thomas Great Hall
Description:
Exterior view of the front of Thomas Great Hall. The image was taken from the front of Taylor Hall. Most of the front side is visible.
Date:
(approximate)1908 - (approximate)1959
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Minor chemical laboratory, Dalton Hall
Title:
Minor chemical laboratory, Dalton Hall
Description:
Interior view of Dalton Hall. Image depicts a minor chemical laboratory filled with several tables with scientific equipment on them.
Date:
(approximate)1904
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Katharine Kniskern, class of 1937
Title:
Katharine Kniskern, class of 1937
Description:
Katharine Kniskern, class of 1937, standing outside.
Date:
1936
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
William Howard Taft, Commencement Day June 2 1910
Title:
William Howard Taft, Commencement Day June 2 1910
Description:
The Cloister garden of the College Library seated with 2400 hundred people to hear President Taft speak and the announcement of the completion of the Half-Million Dollar Endowment Fund.
Date:
1910-06-02
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Walkway between Canaday and Thomas Libraries
Title:
Walkway between Canaday and Thomas Libraries
Description:
Two students on walkway between Canaday and Thomas Libraries.
Date:
(approximate)1969 - (approximate)1979
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Harriet L. Moore
Title:
Harriet L. Moore
Description:
Harriet L. Moore, aka Mrs. Samuel Gelfan, class of 1932
Date:
(inferred)1932
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Bryn Mawr College Class of 1926
Title:
Bryn Mawr College Class of 1926
Description:
Group portrait of the class of 1926. Students are wearing academic regalia. A banner with the class year hangs on the building behind the students.
Date:
(approximate)1926
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Title:
Emily Greene Balch
Description:
Portrait of Emily Greene Balch, class of 1889, in her cap and gown.
Date:
1889
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Erdman Hall dining room
Title:
Erdman Hall dining room
Description:
Interior view of Erdman Hall dining room. Students are seated at several large rectangular tables, chatting and enjoying their meal. Three short columns are visible in the space from the center to the left-hand side of the photograph.
Date:
(approximate)1970 - (approximate)1989
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Marthia Liao
Title:
Marthia Liao
Description:
Martha Liao (Class of 1970) pictured at the Denver Botanic Garden during the summer of 1984 at the Asian Art and Culture Festival. She is wearing a red dress and holding what appears to be a plate or perhaps a note pad.
Date:
1984-12-14
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Walter C. Michels
Title:
Walter C. Michels
Description:
Portrait of Walter C. Michels.
Date:
1958-12-17
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Language lab, Denbigh Hall
Title:
Language lab, Denbigh Hall
Description:
Interior view of the language lab in Denbigh Hall. Several students, wearing headphones, sit in booths. A male instructor, also wearing headphones, stands in the foreground. He looks towards the students. Three of the four students look towards him.
Date:
(approximate)1981
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives

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