#TBT #ThrowbackThursday Construction of First Nations Longhouse - 31 July 1992 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0...
#UBChistory #indigenous #FirstNations #PointGreycampus
cc: X̱wi7x̱wa Library xwi7xwa.library.ubc.ca, First Nations House of Learning fnhl.ubc.ca
#TBT #ThrowbackThursday Summer School of Theatre courses in directing and stage design - 24 July 1950 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0...
#UBChistory #SummerSchool #theatre
#TBT #ThrowbackThursday Summer School of Theatre publicity photos for "Camel with the Wrinkled Knees" - 17 July 1951 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0...
#UBChistory #theatre #summerschool
#TBT #ThrowbackThursday The Summer Ubyssey - 10 July 1984 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0...
Headline: "UBC professors quit - Grass greener elsewhere"
cc: @ubyssey.ca
#UBChistory #TheUbyssey #studentnewspapers
#TBT #ThrowbackThursday F. Kenneth Hare [President of UBC 1968-69] - 3 July 1967 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0...
#UBChistory #UniversityPresidents #portraits
#TBT #ThrowbackThursday View of platform guests at Gordon Shrum memorial service in Old Auditorium - 26 June 1985 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0...
#UBChistory #UBCAuditorium #OldAuditorium #memorial
#TBT #ThrowbackThursday Construction of Wesbrook building [first permanent home of UBC Faculty of Medicine] - 19 June 1950 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0...
#UBChistory #construction #UBCPointGrey
cc: @ubcmedicine.bsky.social
#TBT #ThrowbackThursday Main Library (Gavin Wilson photo) - 12 June 1997 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0...
#UBChistory #UBCLibrary #UBCPointGrey
#TBT #ThrowbackThursday Douglas Kenny speaking at dedication of 'Ksan doors, Museum of Anthropology (John Morris photo) - 5 June 1976 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0...
#UBChistory #IndigenousArt #UBCMOA
#TBT #ThrowbackThursday Pat Carney receiving honorary degree - 29 May 1990 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0...
UBC alumna, journalist, businesswoman, federal MP and cabinet minister. See also www.library.ubc.ca/archives/u_a...
#UBChistory #Congregation #HonoraryDegree
It's time for Spring Congregation at #UBC. For images of past graduation/congregation ceremonies, go to open.library.ubc.ca/search?q=sub...
#UBChistory #graduation
#TBT #ThrowbackThursday Honorary degree recipient Susan Point with President Stephen Toope and Chancellor Sarah Morgan-Silvester (Martin Dee photo) - 22 May 2009 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0...
#UBChistory #UBCgrad #Congregation #HonoraryDegree
Bonus #TBT (2) UBC Arts, Science and Agriculture graduates picnic, Wigwam Inn (Maurice L. Hawksley photo) - 1 May 1926 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0...
#UBChistory #graduation #picnic #WigwamInn
Bonus #TBT Students in front and around Main Library - 8 May 1965 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0...
#UBChistory #UBCLibrary #UBCPointGrey
#TBT Totem poles at Totem Park - 15 May 1969 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0...
#UBChistory #FirstNations #totempoles #IndigenousArt
#TBT View of the E.H. Lohbrunner Alpine Garden during dedication ceremony (24 April 1978) dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0...
#UBChistory #UBCBotanicalGarden
#TBT Evelyn and Sherwood Lett with gift from the Alumni Association - 17 April 1957 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0...
#UBChistory #AlumniUBC
#TBT Ubyssey Pantry - 10 April 1928 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0...
With apologies to @themerl.bsky.social, "Look at this absolute unit!"
#UBChistory #agriculture #animalhusbandry #pigs
#TBT Group photo at tree planting by graduating class - 3 April 1980 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0...
The planting of a tree by each year's graduating class is a UBC tradition. See archives.library.ubc.ca/buildings-gr... and magazine.alumni.ubc.ca/2020/best-of...
#UBChistory #graduation #trees #tradition
#TBT Dorset lamb [with Professor R.M. Tait from the Dept. of Animal Science] - 27 March 1975 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0...
cc. @landfood.ubc.ca
#UBChistory #sheep #agriculture
P.S. - An absolute unit? You be the judge @themerl.bsky.social
#TBT The Ubyssey - 20 March 1919 (Vol. 1, No. 16) dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0...
Headlines: Honorary President and President of Alma Mater Elected by Acclamation | Varsity Versus New Westminster [basketball] | Musical Society Announces Plans | Theatre Night A Howling Success
#UBChistory #TheUbyssey
See this entry (which uses the same aerial shot) from our virtual display "The Evolving Campus": www.library.ubc.ca/archives/cam...
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#TBT Gymnasium [and tennis courts] (Leonard Frank photo) - 6 March 1929 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0...
Image shows the old gymnasium, later known as the "Women's Gymnasium", tennis courts, and (in distance) the Iona Building (www.library.ubc.ca/archives/bld...)
#UBChistory #gymnasium #tennis #PointGrey
#TBT The Ubyssey - 27 Feb. 1940 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0...
Headlines: U.B.C. On Parade At "Open House" - Engineers and Clubs Plan Exhibit To Publicize Achievements | Co-Eds Take Offensive; Stage Leap-Year Ball | Vancouver Institute - Mobilization Of Russia Seen As Threat By Warren
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#TBT #ThrowbackThursday Aerial view of campus - 20 Feb. 1923 (H. Cross photo) dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0...
[The earliest-known aerial photograph of the Point Grey campus. View shows partially-completed Science Building, agricultural buildings, and experimental fields]
#UBChistory #aerialphotography
Remember kids - UBC's Point Grey campus, including the University Endowment Lands and Pacific Spirit Park, wasn't always a separate entity. To discover why, read "UBC, the UEL, and How They Got That Way" on the UBC Archives' blog archives.library.ubc.ca/2022/06/21/
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#TBT #ThrowbackThursday View of printing services in Extension Department - 13 Feb. 1957 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0...
Mimeograph machine.
#UBChistory #printing #mimeograph
#TBT Thunderbird ice hockey team - 2 February 1969 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0...
#UBChistory #hockey #collegesports #sports
Obligatory #UBChistory content: Relic (left) was played by UBC grad Robert Clothier: open.library.ubc.ca/search?q=per...
#TBT Publicity photo from "Much Ado about Nothing" - 30 January 1964 (Peter Holborne photo) dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0...
[A Frederic Wood Theatre production - programme: www.library.ubc.ca/archives/pdf... - more photos: open.library.ubc.ca/search?q=*&s... ]
#UBChistory #theatre
