Digital Collections @ St. Lawrence University

Earliest Aerial Photograph of Campus--1935

Overview

Creator: 
Church, Dwight P.
Subject: 
St. Lawrence University -- History
Subject: 
St. Lawrence University -- Buildings
Subject: 
St. Lawrence University -- Photographs
Subject: 
St. Lawrence University -- Aerial Photographs
Description: 
The first aerial photo taken of the SLU campus, along with that of the Agricultural and Technical Institute, looking southeast. In the lower portion of the photo are Herring-Cole Library, Richardson Hall, Gunnison Chapel, Fisher Hall and Park Street Hall. Toward the center, Dean Eaton Residence for women (1928), Carnegie Hall, Hepburn Hall and Men's Residence (1931, later Sykes). The upper part of the photo consists of the ATI campus, Memorial Hall, Cook (Piskor) Hall, Payson Hall and various barns and outbuildings associated with ATI.
Coverage: 
Canton, NY
Source: 
Photograph, hand-colored, 7 3/4" h x 12" w
Date Original: 
1935
Decade: 
1930

Rights

Rights Management: 
Original materials may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (more information).
Resource Identifier: 
ODY Special Collections, Archives, RG2, Series 3.2 B&G Campus Box 8
Publisher: 
St. Lawrence University
Contributor: 
Dwight D. Church

Technical

Digitization Specifications: 
Scanned at 600ppi on Epson 1000XL scanner as 48-bit RGB uncompressed TIFF images. Images resized to 2000 pixels wide, 150 dpi, and saved as JPEG (level 10) in Photoshop CS5 with Unsharp Mask of 60:1.
Date Digital: 
January 11, 2012
Format: 
image/jpeg
Type: 
Still Image