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Blast from the Past
The graduates and the Gustavus faculty walking to the Commencement ceremony in 1900. Before the Auditorium or a football stadium was built, Commencement was held at First Lutheran Church in its former location just west of Fourth Street in St. Peter.
Blast from the Past!
This photograph from 1908 features four women doing homework in their room in Johnson Hall. Johnson Hall was badly damaged in the 1998 tornado and had to be torn down. For more awesome photographs visit the Gustavus Adolphus College and Lutheran Archives Digital Collection.
Blast from the Past
The caption reads “Alma and Huldah trying to climb, while in dresses, a fence located at or near the St. Peter State Hospital.” For more fun Gustie memories, visit the Gustavus Digital Archives at http://archives.gac.edu/cdm/.
Blast from the Past
Let’s Wrestle! Coach Don Roberts gets a lift from the captain of the Gustavus wrestling team, Rod Fletcher ’61. From the Weekly Dec. 9, 1960.
Blast from the Past
The Gustavus Marching Band performing on the streets of St. Peter, circa 1909. Read the inscription to the right.
Blast from the Past!
Here is a view of the Johnson Pool when the OJ Johnson Student Union was the athletic center. Look familiar? Now this space is known as The Dive. Look closely the next time you are there to see the pool tiles on the walls.
Blast from the Past
Here are some photographs detailing the 2005 demolition of Wahlstrom Hall. Wahlstrom was a dormitory located on the south side of campus.
Blast from the Past!
The view from Old Main in 1902 is of students walking down the path to what is now College Avenue and Seventh Street.