Exterior view of Gridley Hall Dormitory for Women on the Carleton College campus. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard reads "received from Alice Wilson Bisbee - Aug. '65."
Exterior view of Gridley Hall dormitory for women with Laird Hall visible. Handwritten note on back of postcard reads "Removed from Ida Norton Scrapbook."
Colorchrome postcard of Gridley Hall on the Carleton College campus. Handwritten text on back reads in part "This is one of the girls' residence halls. I walk right past the right hand end of it coming over to campus from Club. This building is brick but light - [?] faded yellow brick I think." Card is postmarked Oct 1943 and is from Hazel Ramsay, Assistant Professor of History at Carleton College 1943-44.
The grading plan for Carleton College shows the location between Nevada Street, First Street, and Second Street. Dated April, 1921. Scale 1 inch equals to 40 feet.
Colorchrome postcard of Goodsell Observatory on the Carleton College campus. Handwritten text on back reads in part "Another local scene, you see. Yes I've just barely been in this building, for one class was originally scheduled there before it was changed to something else. Down behind it is open country and the farm and memorial lakes ." Card is postmarked Oct 1943 and is from Hazel Ramsay, Assistant Professor of History at Carleton College 1943-44.
Exterior view of Goodsell Observatory at Carleton College. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard reads "Removed from W. Edwin Dean scrapbook."
Front elevation of Goodsell Observatory. Scale 1/4 inch equals to foot. The new observatory opened in 1887. It was named for Charles M. Goodsell in 1891.
Freshman students gather in front of Scoville Memorial Library for Donald J. Cowling's inauguration as Carleton's third President. Handwritten text on back reads in part "J. Riegel leading class 1st 2 gals Marion Willard, Faith Beinhorn, next tall Margaret Wilcox."
Freshmen male students participate in the cane rush at Carleton College as part of Freshman hazing on the Bald Spot. Laird Hall is visible in the background.
The new observatory opens in 1887; it is named for Charles M. Goodsell in 1891. Foundation plan of Goodsell Observatory. Scale: 1/4 inch equals to one foot.
Members of Carleton's 1917 state championship football team, posed in formation. Pictured are: J. Maynard Street; Arthur E. Reiter; Walter W. Miller; John Luverne McLaury; Donald James Rogers; Arthur J. Rolfe; Russell Alvin Weblen; Clinton Wells Vaux; Harry G. Barnes; Ray G. Johnson; and Frank L. Pierce, Jr.
"First students and Professor Goodhue." Carleton students act in the 50th Anniversary Historical Pageant at Carleton College's Laird Athletic Field. Text on back of postcard reads: "From the library of F.R. Clow."
"First religious service." Carleton students act in the 50th Anniversary Historical Pageant at Carleton College's Laird Athletic Field. Text on back of postcard reads "From the library of F.R. Clow."
Members of the class of 1918, Eunice Gossman, Esther Rice, Jeanette Erickson, climb a tree at Carleton College. Typewritten text on back reads "REC'D from EUNICE RITTER 6/78."
Members of the Carleton College faculty gather for the inauguration of Carleton's second President, William Henry Sallmon. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard reads in part "Sallmon inaugural procession; about 1903."
Faculty gather in front of Laird Hall for the procession to the inauguration of Carleton's third President, Donald J. Cowling. Typed label on the back of the postcard reads "Dr. Cowling's inauguration, from Ethel Ackerman."
Group portrait of the Carleton faculty in 1902. Pictured are: Ernest Jones; Lucia Danforth; Caroline Linnell; Herbert C. Wilson; Margaret J. Evans; James W. Strong; Horace Goodhue; Lucian W. Chaney; Frederick E. Stratton; Anna T. Lincoln; William Wallace Payne; George Huntington; Daniel Magnus; Isabella Watson; Frances Murison; Eugene W. Lyman; Harlan W. Page; Grace L. Robinson; Bruce V. Hill; Wilmot V. Metcalf; Mrs. William L. Gray; and William L. Gray.
Portrait of eighteen Carleton women. This appears to be the same group of women depicted on a postcard labeled "Cecilia Glee Club 1907." The women shown are: Irene Ehresman, Martha Oathout, Mamie Cheney, Bess Dougherty, Harriet Buckley, Lulu Townsend, Lucretia Woodard, Clara Boxrud, Lucia Warner, Laura Sherman, Helen Cooper, Vera Erickson, Florence Rice, Ruth Buswell, Hazel Reeves, Miss Crawford, Julia Parker, Nell McKenzie.
Tinted postcard of a man standing on the banks of a creek in front of a bridge at East Road at Carleton College. Handwritten note on back of postcard reads: "Removed from Ida Norton Scrapbook."
Downtown Northfield, Minnesota looking north on Division St. at the intersection with 4th St. at Bridge Square. Includes The First National Bank and Drew & Eltun Dry Goods.
Group portrait of Carleton students of German, posed with books inside Gridley Hall. Pictured are: Gracia L. Jenks; Carlos Eben Allen; Alice E. Andrews; James E. Jenks; Wiliam J. McCarthy; Maude V. Willsey; William W. Taylor; Gertrude Woodruff; May E. Donovan; May H. Cravath; James F. Chapman; Josie Drucilla Allen; Wilmer E. Griffith; Alfaretta H. Jenkins; Harlan W. Fisk; Katherine L. Donaldson; Paul W. Barney.
View of Davis, Burton, and Severance Halls from the southwest on the Carleton College campus. Handwritten text on the back reads in part "Here's one of the bldgs on the western side of our campus, near library. Boy's dorm. Soldiers now I think while civilian boy students are [?] out in private houses. Ground slopes off a bit at back toward 'downtown' and the river that runs through there." Card is postmarked Nov 1943 and is from Hazel Ramsay, Assistant Professor of History at Carleton College 1943-44.
"Coming of settlers 1853." Carleton students act in the 50th Anniversary Historical Pageant at Carleton College. Some actors ride in horse-drawn covered wagons. Text on back of postcard reads "From the library of F.R. Clow."
"Coming of settlers 1853." Carleton students act in the 50th Anniversary Historical Pageant at Carleton College's Laird Athletic Field. A cow follows a covered wagon.
A group of girls photographed in Wabasha, Minnesota. At least one of the girls became a Carleton student at a later date. Anna Satory Hicks (in the middle of the photo) is a daughter of John and Genevieve Satory, mother of John Hicks and great-aunt of John Satory (La Crosse, Wisconsin).
Exterior view from the east of Leighton Hall on the Carleton College campus. The campus Heating Plant is visible. Handwritten text on back reads "From Caroline Burtis Beatty '33."
Photograph of Charles M. Goodsell, the principal founder of Northfield College (later Carleton College), after whom Carleton's Goodsell Observatory was named.
Exterior view of Carnegie Public Library in Northfield, Minnesota. Handwritten note on back of postcard reads "Removed from Bessie M. Burnham Scrapbook."
Exterior view of the Northfield Carnegie Library, the city's public library. Card is postmarked Nov 1943 and is from Hazel Ramsay, Assistant Professor of History at Carleton College 1943/44.
Carleton students who left school for military service during the Spanish-American War, in training with the 12th Minnesota Infantry at Chickamauga. Pictured are: John Gleed Redding. Frank Knapp, Ernest Lundeen, Fred Smith, and George G. Larson.
Members of Carleton College Men's Track team of 1911 pose for a group photo. Handwritten text on back reads "Removed from Luther B. Gilbert scrapbook."
A view from Laird Field of the Heating Plant, the rear of Sayles-Hill Gymnasium, and Williams Hall. Handwritten text on back reads "Removed from Luther B. Gilbert scrapbook."
Carleton College's State Champion 1909 Football Team poses with a football reading " '09 Champions." Handwritten text on back reads: "Removed from Luther B. Gilbert scrapbook."
Carleton College football team poses for photograph. Handwritten note on back of postcard reads ""From May Abbot in Nov. 1965."" Players names are listed on back of postcard include Kinder, Clagget, Riegel, Aikin, Moyer, Johnson, Sampson, Howard, Smith, Lewison, Morse, Clark, Gillot, Cowling, Hageline (Hayeline?), Stevenson, Coach Kent, Thane, Jacobsen, L. Leighton, Simpson, Palon, Haskins, Schmidt, Dack, Kent.
Carleton College's football team, possibly from 1910, poses on the Laird Field for a group picture. Sayles-Hill Gymnasium, Williams Hall, and the Heating Plant are pictured.
Carleton College's 1910 baseball team poses for a group picture on the steps of Williams Hall. Handwritten text on back reads: "from Adelbert Wallace."
Carleton College's 1910 baseball team poses on the field for a group picture. Handwritten text on back reads: "Removed from Luther B. Gilbert scrapbook."