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Photographs of the campus, student life, etc.

Interior of Old Main Chapel Millersville State Normal School Original plus 2 print copies

Photographic print, 15x20 cm. Classroom in Old Main.

Photographic print, 21x25 cm. ofMathematics classroom, H.C. Symons, Professor Millersville State Normal School Includes negative

Interior of Dining Room in Old Main Includes negative.

Photographic print, 15x20 cm. Kitchen staff in kitchen on the ground floor of Old Main. Butcher in foreground is Walter Spencer.

Photographic print, 10x12.5 cm. Damaged and very fragile print of two young men, L. Elmer Leas and an unidentified man in men's dormitory room.

Postcards of the original building that included the Administration Building, Men's Dormitory, Women's Dormitory, Chapel and dining hall, built in 1854 and expanded and renovated over the years. The entire building was known as Old Main. In 1965 the college began razing the building to make way for the new library.

Old Main served as the administration offices, classrooms, dining hall, library, dormitory and chapel.  The original building was built in 1854 with many additions over the years.  Chapel and additional story to tower built; new 1000-pound bell hung in tower in 1875. In 1892 extension of 65 feet to wing of ladies’ building authorized.  Installation of stained glass windows was begun in 1905.  In 1965 the college began the razing of Old Main to make way for a new library.

Interior of Old Main Bell Tower Room O