Digital Collections @ St. Lawrence University

Main Campus, early 1950s

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 campus in the early 1950s, looking north, prior to the development of new dormitory space. Notice the iconic "Avenue of the Elms" going away from campus in the center left of the picture, and the burned-out shell of Fisher Hall, which was destroyed by fire in December 1951, visible in front of Gunnison Chapel.
Coverage: 
Canton, NY
Source: 
Photograph, b & w, 8" h x 10" w
Date Original: 
[195?]
Decade: 
1950

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 P. 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 12, 2012
Format: 
image/jpeg
Type: 
Still Image
Contributing Institution: 
St. Lawrence University