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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/.
Factoid Friday
Did you know… In the 1980s, a sword that was rumored to belong to King Gustaf II Adolf (the College namesake) was given to Gustavus from collector Lloyd Swanson ’35 who had acquired it some years prior. On the blade is the inscription “1622, Gustavus Adolphus, Great King of the Goths.” According to a 1991 […]
Factoid Friday
Snowball fight, circa 1940 Where might one find some other awesome photos and facts like the one above? Visit the College Archives at https://gustavus.edu/library/archives/.
Blast from the Past!
This is a photo of the Gustavus Band from the 1904. Gustavus organized its first instrument group in the late 1870s, followed by the first orchestra in the 1880s.