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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Nora E. Garrote, class of 1980
Title:
Nora E. Garrote, class of 1980
Description:
Nora E. Garrote, class of 1980.
Date:
1976
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Students talking in Pembroke Arch
Title:
Students talking in Pembroke Arch
Description:
The image depicts students standing under the Pembroke Arch. One leans against the wall and the other stands in front of her. A lamp is visible above the two. Two bicycles are visible on the foreground towards the right-hand side of the photograph.
Date:
(approximate)1950 - (approximate)1959
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Deanery
Title:
Deanery
Description:
The Dining Room in the Deanery.
Date:
1968-02-09
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Unidentified class picture of Student from the Class of 1904
Title:
Unidentified class picture of Student from the Class of 1904
Description:
Member of the Bryn Mawr College Class of 1904. Stamped on back: "Broadbent Co., / 1415 Chestnut St."
Date:
1904
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Radnor Hall
Title:
Radnor Hall
Description:
Exterior view of the facade of Radnor Hall. The lawn surrounding the building is covered with snow, and so are the rooftops of the building. Trees, slightly covered with snow, are visible on both sides of the building.
Date:
1980
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Basketball game
Title:
Basketball game
Description:
Photograph of a basketball game. Four players are engaged in the game. One player is about to pass the ball to another.
Date:
(approximate)1910
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Title:
Susan Franklin
Description:
Portrait of Susan B. Franklin, class of 1889, in her cap and gown.
Date:
1889
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Construction of Rockefeller Hall
Title:
Construction of Rockefeller Hall
Description:
Exterior view of the construction of Rockefeller Hall. The building is covered with wooden frame for construction. A dozen of construction workers work on the building . A pile of bricks is visible in the foreground.
Date:
(approximate)1904
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
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Elizabeth B. Higginson
Description:
Portrait of Elizabeth B. Higginson, class of 1897.
Date:
1897
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Mary Oakford Slingluff
Title:
Mary Oakford Slingluff
Description:
Mary Oakford Slingluff, class of 1931
Date:
1937
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Hockey Girls talking behind Rhoads
Title:
Hockey Girls talking behind Rhoads
Description:
Eleven students standing on the grass behind Rhoads socializing in small clusters. Nine are in their hockey uniforms and holding sticks, while the other two are clad in calf-length skirts, neck scarves, and blazers. A small group of students lays on the grass in the background.
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Title:
Alice Longfellow Cilley
Description:
Portrait of Alice Longfellow Cilley, class of 1897, in her cap and gown.
Date:
1897
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Bryn Mawr College dorm room
Title:
Bryn Mawr College dorm room
Description:
Interior view of an unidentified dorm room in Bryn Mawr College. The image depicts a furnished part of the room. Two windows and window seats (one on each side of the photograph) are visible in the background of the image. Also in the background, a fireplace is visible. Two flags hang on top of the fireplace labeled "Navy" and "Isthmian." A lantern is also visible hung on a shelf on the far right side of the image.
Date:
1926
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Chemistry tea party
Title:
Chemistry tea party
Description:
Students attending a tea party hosted by the chemistry department, inside a chemistry lab.
Date:
(approximate)1975
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Deanery
Title:
Deanery
Description:
Interior view of the Deanery.
Date:
1968-03
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Canaday Library
Title:
Canaday Library
Description:
Close-up image of Canaday Library façade.
Date:
(approximate)1969 - (approximate)1999
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Four women at Bryn Mawr College
Title:
Four women at Bryn Mawr College
Description:
Sophie Frances Adams, class of 1902, Caroline E. McManus, Dorothea Day, class of 1903, Marianna Taylor
Date:
(approximate)1902
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Exterior of Haffner Hall
Title:
Exterior of Haffner Hall
Description:
Photograph of Haffner Hall ca. 1971. The side of the building is visible and the inscription on the back reads "campus arch, presumably because of the arch-like top of the building which is visible in the photograph.
Date:
1971
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Ms. Scott's dorm room, Bryn Mawr College
Title:
Ms. Scott's dorm room, Bryn Mawr College
Description:
Interior view of Ms. Scott's dorm room in an unidentified building in Bryn Mawr College. The image depicts a furnished and decorated part of her room. The photograph is matted and the mat has "Philadelphia" and "Phillips" inscribed on it.
Date:
(approximate)1890 - (approximate)1910
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives
Eleanor Roosevelt
Title:
Eleanor Roosevelt
Description:
Photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt, covering her eyes from the sun and smiling, looking on as workers do some sort of manual labor in a field.
Date:
(approximate)1921 - (approximate)1938
Collection:
Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives

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