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Arts Hall, interior, 1957

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1. Science Hall (Old) [Murrow Hall], 1905 A view looking at the west facade of Old Science Hall. A solitary figure walks across the dirt landscape in the foreground of the image. Old Science Hall, WSU building #33, was designed by G. W. Bullard (also the architect of Ferry Hall) and built in 1899 at a cost of $60,000. Old Science Hall housed the botany and zoology laboratories, and a veterinary operating room also used for livestock judging competitions. When Old Science Hall's functions were taken over by New Science Hall in the 1930s, it served for a time as the Arts building and is currently occupied by the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication
2. Washington State College Faculty, ca. 1900 Presumably a faculty/staff portrait, taken on the east-facing side of Science Hall (later renamed Arts Hall, then Murrow Hall). This is clearly not a complete campus faculty roster (none of the female faculty are present), and so may be either an Agriculture department photo, or some other event. The black bearded man holding a coat in the front row (just left of the archway door) appears to be William J. Spillman, professor of Agriculture from 1894 to 1901.
3. Murrow Hall 1900 - 1920
4. Images of WSC on cloth. 1901-1902 47 x 47 cm. (rotated diagonally in this image) set of 23 cyanotype photographs on cloth, some only partial images. This was owned by Catherine Friel, who says it came to her from her uncle and aunt, Will and Sarah Wallis. She identifies these as having been printed on Pongee silk and then used as a cushion before being taken apart and framed. Images 2-1 and 6-3 seem to both be historical images taken in about 1895. However, the football game in 2-2 took place on Nov. 9, 1901, and every other datable image takes place in an interval included 1901-1902, so we're assuming this cushion to date to late 1901 or 1902. Image contents, identified by row and a left-to-right numbering: 1-1: New Ferry Hall & corner of Thompson Hall (same pic as 4-5); 2-1: Thompson Hall and old College Hall; 2-2: WSC/Oregon football, Rogers Field; 2-3: Unidentified room interior; 3-1: Unidentified football player; 3-2: New Ferry Hall & Murrow Hall; 3-3: Thompson Hall & old College Hall; 3-4: College Hill; 3-5: Edge of old College Hall, with Stevens beyond it; 4-1: Unidentified building (possibly a side view of Stevens Hall?); 4-2: Stevens Hall interior; 4-3: Thompson Hall; 4-4: Silver Lake; 4-5: College Hill; 5-1: Thompson Hall; 5-2: Stevens Hall interior; 5-3: College Farmhouse; 5-4: Unidentified room interior; 6-1: College Hill (old College, Stevens, and the TUB?); 6-2: The TUB; 6-3: Thompson Hall and old College Hall (same pic as 2-1); 7-1: Unidentified room interior; 7-2: Unidentified room interior.
5. Science Hall (Old) [Murrow Hall] Faculty Portrait, 1904 A group portrait of the male Science Faculty in front of Old Science hall. Old Science Hall, WSU building #33, was designed by G. W. Bullard (also the architect of Ferry Hall) and built in 1899 at a cost of $60,000. Old Science Hall housed the botany and zoology laboratories, and a veterinary operating room also used for livestock judging competitions. When Old Science Hall's functions were taken over by New Science Hall in the 1930s, it served for a time as the Arts building and is currently occupied by the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication
6. Science Hall [Murrow Hall] (ca. 1909)
7. Science Hall (Old) [Murrow Hall], ca. 1915 A view of the west facade of Old Science Hall; students walk across the gravel paths in front of the building. Old Science Hall, WSU building #33, was designed by G. W. Bullard (also the architect of Ferry Hall) and built in 1899 at a cost of $60,000. Old Science Hall housed the botany and zoology laboratories, and a veterinary operating room also used for livestock judging competitions. When Old Science Hall's functions were taken over by New Science Hall in the 1930s, it served for a time as the Arts building and is currently occupied by the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication
8. Science Hall (Old) [Murrow Hall], ca. 1915 A view of the west facade of Old Science Hall; gravel paths and a lawn are present in the foreground. Old Science Hall, WSU building #33, was designed by G. W. Bullard (also the architect of Ferry Hall) and built in 1899 at a cost of $60,000. Old Science Hall housed the botany and zoology laboratories, and a veterinary operating room also used for livestock judging competitions. When Old Science Hall's functions were taken over by New Science Hall in the 1930s, it served for a time as the Arts building and is currently occupied by the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication
9. Science Hall [Murrow Hall] 1915 - 1917
10. Science Hall [Murrow Hall] 1915 - 1921
11. Science Hall, later Murrow Hall 1918
12. Science Hall (Old) [Murrow Hall] May Pole Dance, ca. 1925 Female students dressed in white, dance around poles in front of Old Science Hall. Seated viewers watch the performance; a row of cars is parked in front of Old Science Hall. Old Science Hall, WSU building #33, was designed by G. W. Bullard (also the architect of Ferry Hall) and built in 1899 at a cost of $60,000. Old Science Hall housed the botany and zoology laboratories, and a veterinary operating room also used for livestock judging competitions. When Old Science Hall's functions were taken over by New Science Hall in the 1930s, it served for a time as the Arts building and is currently occupied by the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication.
13. Arts Hall, interior, 1957
14. Murrow Hall Greenhouse 09/2018
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1. Original Construction for Murrow Hall
2. Murrow Hall 1900 - 1920
3. Science Hall, later Murrow Hall 1918
4. Science Hall [Murrow Hall] 1915 - 1917
5. Science Hall [Murrow Hall] 1915 - 1921
6. Science Hall [Murrow Hall] (ca. 1909)
7. Science Hall (Old) [Murrow Hall], 1905 A view looking at the west facade of Old Science Hall. A solitary figure walks across the dirt landscape in the foreground of the image. Old Science Hall, WSU building #33, was designed by G. W. Bullard (also the architect of Ferry Hall) and built in 1899 at a cost of $60,000. Old Science Hall housed the botany and zoology laboratories, and a veterinary operating room also used for livestock judging competitions. When Old Science Hall's functions were taken over by New Science Hall in the 1930s, it served for a time as the Arts building and is currently occupied by the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication
8. Science Hall (Old) [Murrow Hall], ca. 1915 A view of the west facade of Old Science Hall; students walk across the gravel paths in front of the building. Old Science Hall, WSU building #33, was designed by G. W. Bullard (also the architect of Ferry Hall) and built in 1899 at a cost of $60,000. Old Science Hall housed the botany and zoology laboratories, and a veterinary operating room also used for livestock judging competitions. When Old Science Hall's functions were taken over by New Science Hall in the 1930s, it served for a time as the Arts building and is currently occupied by the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication
9. Science Hall (Old) [Murrow Hall], ca. 1915 A view of the west facade of Old Science Hall; gravel paths and a lawn are present in the foreground. Old Science Hall, WSU building #33, was designed by G. W. Bullard (also the architect of Ferry Hall) and built in 1899 at a cost of $60,000. Old Science Hall housed the botany and zoology laboratories, and a veterinary operating room also used for livestock judging competitions. When Old Science Hall's functions were taken over by New Science Hall in the 1930s, it served for a time as the Arts building and is currently occupied by the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication
10. Science Hall (Old) [Murrow Hall] Faculty Portrait, 1904 A group portrait of the male Science Faculty in front of Old Science hall. Old Science Hall, WSU building #33, was designed by G. W. Bullard (also the architect of Ferry Hall) and built in 1899 at a cost of $60,000. Old Science Hall housed the botany and zoology laboratories, and a veterinary operating room also used for livestock judging competitions. When Old Science Hall's functions were taken over by New Science Hall in the 1930s, it served for a time as the Arts building and is currently occupied by the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication
11. Science Hall (Old) [Murrow Hall] May Pole Dance, ca. 1925 Female students dressed in white, dance around poles in front of Old Science Hall. Seated viewers watch the performance; a row of cars is parked in front of Old Science Hall. Old Science Hall, WSU building #33, was designed by G. W. Bullard (also the architect of Ferry Hall) and built in 1899 at a cost of $60,000. Old Science Hall housed the botany and zoology laboratories, and a veterinary operating room also used for livestock judging competitions. When Old Science Hall's functions were taken over by New Science Hall in the 1930s, it served for a time as the Arts building and is currently occupied by the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication.
12. Washington State College Faculty, ca. 1900 Presumably a faculty/staff portrait, taken on the east-facing side of Science Hall (later renamed Arts Hall, then Murrow Hall). This is clearly not a complete campus faculty roster (none of the female faculty are present), and so may be either an Agriculture department photo, or some other event. The black bearded man holding a coat in the front row (just left of the archway door) appears to be William J. Spillman, professor of Agriculture from 1894 to 1901.
13. Images of WSC on cloth. 1901-1902 47 x 47 cm. (rotated diagonally in this image) set of 23 cyanotype photographs on cloth, some only partial images. This was owned by Catherine Friel, who says it came to her from her uncle and aunt, Will and Sarah Wallis. She identifies these as having been printed on Pongee silk and then used as a cushion before being taken apart and framed. Images 2-1 and 6-3 seem to both be historical images taken in about 1895. However, the football game in 2-2 took place on Nov. 9, 1901, and every other datable image takes place in an interval included 1901-1902, so we're assuming this cushion to date to late 1901 or 1902. Image contents, identified by row and a left-to-right numbering: 1-1: New Ferry Hall & corner of Thompson Hall (same pic as 4-5); 2-1: Thompson Hall and old College Hall; 2-2: WSC/Oregon football, Rogers Field; 2-3: Unidentified room interior; 3-1: Unidentified football player; 3-2: New Ferry Hall & Murrow Hall; 3-3: Thompson Hall & old College Hall; 3-4: College Hill; 3-5: Edge of old College Hall, with Stevens beyond it; 4-1: Unidentified building (possibly a side view of Stevens Hall?); 4-2: Stevens Hall interior; 4-3: Thompson Hall; 4-4: Silver Lake; 4-5: College Hill; 5-1: Thompson Hall; 5-2: Stevens Hall interior; 5-3: College Farmhouse; 5-4: Unidentified room interior; 6-1: College Hill (old College, Stevens, and the TUB?); 6-2: The TUB; 6-3: Thompson Hall and old College Hall (same pic as 2-1); 7-1: Unidentified room interior; 7-2: Unidentified room interior.
14. Arts Hall, interior, 1957
15. Remodel/Additional Construction of Murrow Hall 1989-1992
16. Murrow Hall Greenhouse 09/2018

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1. Arts Hall, interior, 1957
2. Arts Hall (Murrow), 1950
3. College Station icicles, 1957
4. Butch V, 1955
5. Cafeteria, 1956
6. Campus scene 1950
7. Campus Scene (ca. 1956)
8. Campus view, 1951
9. Campus view, 1951
10. Cattle Disease Building
11. Chemistry lab, 1952
12. Christmas Tree at Holland Library, 1953
13. Christmas tree, 1963
14. Closing of the TUB, 1952
15. Closing of the TUB, 1952
16. Co-Rec Billiards at Women's Gym, 1955
17. College Farm, 1958
18. Butch the Cougar
19. Columbia House, 1951 This view is likely taken from Lower Drive, looking south, or south-southwest, back at the State College of Washington campus. The two-story complex in the center left is Columbia House, which was temporary student and faculty housing put in after World War II. Columbia House (the whole complex was generally referred to in the singular) only existed from 1946/1947 until 1954. Once torn down, a football practice field (Columbia field) was installed there and remained until Beasley Coliseum was built here in the 1970s. The adjacent single story buildings to the left are North Fairway student housing.
20. Coman Hall
21. Coman Hall, 1959
22. Commons Dining Hall interior
23. Compton Union Building (CUB), ground breaking, 1950 A Photograph of President Wilson M. Compton shoveling dirt in a ground breaking ceremony for the new Compton Union Building. Dignitaries stand in the background. The brick structure visible in the background through the pine trees is one of the oldest campus reservoirs. Built during the earliest days of WSU, the reservoir was no longer in use by the 1930s. It was razed during the construction of the CUB. Designed by John Maloney in modern functional style, the Compton Union Building (CUB) was built in 1951 at a cost of $3 million and named for Wilson Compton, WSU President 1944 to 1951. The CUB was financed by the Regents through bond issues totaling $2,613,000, with the remaining funds contributed by the Associated Students (ASSCW). In 1969, a major renovation added an additional floor to the building including hotel rooms.
24. Compton Union Building (CUB), ground breaking, 1950 President Wilson M. Compton participating in a ground breaking ceremony for the new Compton Union Building. Dignitaries stand in the background. The brick structure visible in the background through the pine trees is one of the oldest campus reservoirs. Built during the earliest days of WSU, the reservoir was no longer in use by the 1930s. It was razed during the construction of the CUB. Designed by John Maloney in modern functional style, the Compton Union Building (CUB) was built in 1951 at a cost of $3 million and named for Wilson Compton, WSU President 1944 to 1951. The CUB was financed by the Regents through bond issues totaling $2,613,000, with the remaining funds contributed by the Associated Students (ASSCW). In 1969, a major renovation added an additional floor to the building including hotel rooms.
25. Cord-O-Roys, 1957
26. Crimson Circle, 1954
27. Domestic cat in Butch's cage, 1952
28. Dorm room, 1958
29. Duncan Dunn Hall, Dormitory
30. Bookie, 1957
31. Air Force student, 1952
32. Alpha Chi Omega, 1955 Alpha Chi Omega sorority house, located northwest of the old Bookie site at 904 Thatuna (original address system). This was apparently built circa 1925-1925 (ACO occupied it in the 1925-1926 school year). They moved out somewhere between 1958 and 1960, and the building was sold to the Presbyterian Synod. Renamed Koinonia House and then Interfaith House, it served as home to various campus religious groups and unofficial campus student organizations. Washington State University approved its purchase in 2014.
33. Ambulance and fire truck, 1952
34. Archery, 1955
35. Arts (Murrow) Hall, 1950
36. Aerial photograph of campus, 1952
37. Aerial photograph of WSC, 1953
38. Aerial view of Washington State College, ca. 1955-1956
39. Baseball game, 1953
40. Bryan Hall in snow, 1957
41. Bryan Hall pipe organ, 1957
42. Book buying, 1953
43. Book buying, 1953
44. Butch V, 1954
45. Bookie, 1957
46. Bookstore, 1952
47. Bookstore, 1955
48. Bowling, 1953
49. Bowling, 1954
50. Bryan Hall (1951)
51. Buildings in snow, 1954
52. Buildings in snow, 1954
53. Buildings in snow, 1954
54. Bullis, Bob, 1956
55. Butch IV, 1953
56. Agronomy Seed House, ca. 1957 Though undated, we think this photo dates from 1957 or so, between the 1956 completion of this building and a 1958 extension on the far end. The Agronomy Seed House was designed by the Lawrence Kabush firm and cost $100,000, plus the $68,000 addition in 1958. It was originally described as being designed as a burglar-proof “bank” for seed stocks. It is located on the south side of Grimes Way, across from Alumni Way.