Title

Bowdoin College, ca.1960

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Creator

Collection

Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

Document Type

Still Image

Call number of Original

Brunswick_Bowdoin_A_ca.1960

Contributing Institution

Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

Location

Maine, USA

Creation Date

1960

Format of Original

4 x 5" gelatin silver negative

Description

Aerial view of Bowdoin College campus, from west. Maine Street and campus quad in foreground. Bath Road at left. Brunswick Naval Air Station in right background. Androscoggin River in left background.

Bowdoin College was founded in 1794, and named after Massachusetts Governor James Bowdoin. At the time, Maine was a district of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Early graduates include Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Joshua L. Chamberlain, and President Franklin Pierce.

Photo circa1960

See Additional Files link, below, for ca.1960 closer aerial view of the Bowdoin College main quad, from southwest.

Recommended Citation

"Bowdoin College, ca.1960" (1960). Aerial Views - Portland Press Herald Still Film Negatives. 63.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_aerial/63