Students relax, read, and lounge in Marston Quadrangle while others pass by. Bridges Auditorium is in the background. Line over left corner indicates photo was probably folded.
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); College buildings; Dining rooms; Dinners and dining
People gather in formal dress for a meal inside the hall. Servants dressed in all white stand beside the dining tables. The date at the top of the photograph indicates May 1962, but the photograph is likely from sometime before 1922, when Sumner...
Women present at the 1927 dedication of Toll Hall at Scripps College. Reverse of image indicates these women pictured (left to right) are: Mrs. Lorbeer, Mrs. Dorsey and Mrs. Sartori.
Three women standing in the loggia of Denison Library, looking toward Valencia Court. The reverse of the photograph indicates this is the library staff from 1932 to 1934, and identifies the women as Mary (Fischer) Chapin, '30; Hagla Johnson and...
A view of Scripps College. Shown here is Columbia Avenue at Twelfth Street. The reverse of the photograph indicates the view is looking toward Foothill Boulevard across the site of the hockey field, and was taken in 1931.
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); Student activities; School contests
A view of students participating in a class competition at Pomona College. Writing on the reverse of the photograph indicates this was the first time sack races were a part of the class competitions, in 1927.
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); Student activities; Tug of war (Game)
Students play 'tug-of-war' with a tire as part of an annual class competition. This photograph can be found on page 15 of the 1955 Pomona College yearbook, the "Metate." The caption for this and two other photographs indicates the three main events...
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); Student activities; Costumes and clothes
Pomona College students in costume for the annual class competitions. Writing on the reverse of the photograph indicates that shown here is "class of 1910 making fun of class of 1911."
Student activities; Balls (Parties); Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); Evening gowns; Clothing and dress; Hairstyles
Four Pomona College students in tuxedos and evening gowns pose for a photograph on a staircase during a formal event. The reverse of the photograph indicates these students are (from left to right): Jim Beardmore, class of 1940; an unidentified...
Photography of women; Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); Student activities; Hairstyles
Three Pomona College women pose for a photograph on a staircase. The reverse of the photograph indicates they were part of the Homecoming Court in 1949. From left to right, they are identified as: "Shipplitt, '51; Sheets, '50; Phillips, '51."
Pomona College students posing for a photograph during the annual Pajamarino. This was a tradition that developed out of Pomona College's rival with Occidental College. It involved male students marching through campus in pajamas. This photograph...
Pomona College students in the mountains for an outdoor student activity. The reverse of the image indicates this was "Mountain Day 1923" but does not give the location of the photograph.
Pomona College students on a picnic. Writing on the reverse of the photograph reads: "A picnic to the mountains, summer 1912 from Pomona. Mr. & Mrs. Alfred C. Reed, Jud, CAR, Bess (illegible), & Bess' little sister." Further writing indicates this...
Student activities; College students; Horse-drawn vehicles
A horse-drawn vehicle stops to pick up Pomona College students for an outing. Writing on the reverse of the photograph reads: "Off for a picnic, from Fredendall's house, 1912." Further writing indicates this photograph was given by C.A. Reed, 1906.
A view of Pomona College students and faculty in the mountains. The reverse of the photograph indicates this was a biology trip. Writing in the lower margin identifies "Pres. Gates", "Prof. Cook" and "W. Sendis."
Student activities; College students; Mountains; Picnicking
Pomona College students and faculty on a field trip in San Antonio Canyon. "A Picnic - Faculty & Students - in San Antonio Canyon" is typed in upper left margin. Writing in lower margin indicates this was the 1904 Biology Party, and "Prof. Cook"...
