Painted by Lucius O'Brien, it shows McCaul's Pond on Taddle Creek with University College in the background.
Title
View of Split Rock Bay from Starr Island at Go-Home-Bay
Date
1918
Extent and medium
1 textual item
Description
Shows pine tree on barren rock. Photo is found in album that originally belonged to physics professor G.R. Anderson.
Title
McCaul's Pond, present site of Hart House
Date
[ca. 1880]
Extent and medium
1 photograph: b&w ; 20 x 16 cm
Title
Spraying trees outside University College
Date
April 11, 1961
Extent and medium
24 negatives : b&w ; 6x6 cm
Description
Views of workers spraying elm trees with DDT outside of University College. The trees were sprayed to kill off any elm beetles that might be carrying a fungus responsible for causing Dutch elm disease which was rapidly spreading in southern Ontario.
Title
Gull Lake Survey Camp
Date
1927
Extent and medium
1 glass plate negative : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
Description
The camp, situated near Minden, Ontario, was first used in August, 1921.
Title
Starr Island at Go Home Bay
Date
1918
Extent and medium
1 photograph: b&w ; 10 x 6 cm
Description
Photo of a small cottage on island at Go Home Bay. Photo is found in album that originally belonged to physics professor G.R. Anderson.
Title
East Gate in Winter
Date
[ca. 1890]
Extent and medium
1 photograph: b&w ; 16 x 10 cm
Title
Campus views - rock split by frost on Front Campus
Date
April 6, 1961
Extent and medium
7 negatives : b&w ; 6x6 cm
Description
Views of students investigating a massive, five-ton rock that was shattered by frost on the south east corner of the Front Campus lawn. The rock was originally discovered by construction workers during an excavation at the site of the School of Hygiene building and Col. A. D. LePan, former Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, had it moved to Front Campus as a memorial to Dr. A. P. Coleman who was a geologist, professor, and Dean of Arts at the University of Toronto from 1891 to 1922. Fragments of the rock split from frost was used as fill in at a new construction site on campus.
Title
Campus views - Cutting down of old Elm tree near University College
Date
June 26, 1961|June 27, 1961
Extent and medium
36 negatives : b&w ; 6x6 cm
Description
Views of workmen cutting down a dead, infected elm tree outside the Croft Chapter House as part of the University's campaign to stop the spread of Dutch Elm Disease. Included are shots of Professor H. N. Milnes, Archivist of University College, with a section of the tree trunk which he claimed for display at the College's museum.
Title
Old Elm Tree (copyprint) beside Croft Chapter House
