Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); College buildings; College presidents; Gates, George Augustus, 1851-1912; Clergy; Authors; Abbott, Lyman, 1835-1922; Deans (Education)
A small gathering of people on the steps of Holmes Hall. Pomona College president George Gates (center, wearing a bowler hat) chats with Lyman Abbott (center-right, with long white beard), a well-known author and Congregationalist minister. Dean...
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); College students; Costume; College theater; Gymnasiums
The leading characters of the class of 1903 Wash Day program stand outside Renwick Gymnasium in costume. A student with a huge white wig and beard is riding piggy back on Roy Campbell, who is wearing a false mustache and goatee. To their right,...
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); College theater; Theater, Open-air; Parks; Costume; Trees; Chaparral
A small audience seated on the ground watches a student theatrical production in Blanchard Park on Wash Day 1901. A group of student actors in costume are seated on a makeshift stage facing a standing actor in a white robe with a fake beard.