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This four-fold panoramic view postcard is of the John Dickinson Campus, Dickinson College, along High Street. It was probably printed in the early 1930's. The top, or left portion, shows houses that were used by the college, Bosler Hall, and Old West. The bottom, or right portion, shows Tome Scientific (incorrectly colored), East College, and Denny Hall. |
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Bosler Hall (the original library). There is also a Bosler Library in Carlisle. This is the same basic building that is currently on the campus, but before the major 1941 renovations. Mailed in 1908. The building was renovated again after the new library opened. For a different view, click here. |
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 Left: "Memorial Gate, Presented
to Dickinson College by the Class of 1902." Straight
ahead
is Old West, the original college building. Designed by Benjamin
Latrobe and built in 1804 (although not completed for
years). It is now a National Historic Landmark. Right: a 1909 ad from the Conway Hall yearbook (see below). |
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 "Conway
Hall" This dormitory on High Street across from the Benjamin Rush
Campus
was for men. It was originally an prep school (see add from the
school's 1909 yearbook at right). It
was torn down in 1966. The Waidner-Spahr Library is now on this site. |
 | Conway Hall students and faculty (no key to names) from the 1917 Logbook (yearbook). |
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"Jacob Tome Scientific Bldg., Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa." Printed before 1907. Also called a Hall, Tome was named for trustee Jacob Tome when it was built in 1885. It is now known as the Stern Center for Global Education. The "New Tome Science Building" is on West Louther. |
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"Carlisle, Pa. Dickinson College, East Building," later known as East College, was built 1836-1838. It was at this time that the first building became known as West College. This was mailed in 1907. The stairs were removed around 1924. In 1969 the east wall collapsed during reconstruction. For a postcard from around 1920, click here. |
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The current building, at the left, was completed in 1905 and features the Allison Clock Tower. The College bell was removed from Old West and placed in the Allison Tower. No date, but probably the 1920's. The building was most recently renovated in 1984. For another pre-World War I card, click here. |
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"South College and Fraternity Buildings at Dickinson College, Pa." No date, but the card (#18574) is the same series as Metzger College. The letters over the entrance of the house are "EX" for Sigma Chi. The building on West High Street was about ninety years old when it was taken down in 1927. The gymnasium below was built on the site. |
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"Dickinson College Gymnasium, Carlisle, Pa." On the back it says, "Dickinson College, founded in 1783, is today one of the important educational institutions of the country." The Alumni Gymnasium was built on High Street in 1928, across from the 1902 Memorial Gate as a replacement for the old gym and included a swimming pool. |
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"N. College Street, Carlisle, Pa." mailed in 1909. When college crosses West High from the Dickinson Law School side it becomes North College. Except for Biddle on the corner, the left is now the Union Building. |
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"Metzger College, Carlisle, Pa." This was a school for women on North Hanover Street. Not mailed, but obviously taken before the building was made available to Dickinson College in 1913 (card #18582). Note the dirt road and the step at the curb to help visitors get down from a high carriage. Freight trains ran along the back property line. |
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Left: "Lloyd Hall, Dickinson
College" was purchase to use as a ladies' dormitory sold in 1917.
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 Left: "Fraternity Building
at Dickinson College." No date, but the same series (Card
#18573) as Metzger College. The smoke stack in back looks like the one
that was on the old gymnasium. It's the same
house
pictured in the 1922 Microcosm for Phi Delta Theta.
Right: "Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Fraternity" Mailed in 1939. |
