Title: Michigan Tech Campus
Photographer: Ernie Townsend
Subject Headings: Education - Postsecondary Education - Education, Higher, Buildings - Public Buildings, Persons
Condition: Good
Description: Campus View from top of Sperr Hall [View of campus when the highway ran through it.]
Source of Description: Front of negative[Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Ernie Townsend
Date of Photo: Spring 1961
Medium: still image
Color: color
Size: 5 cm x 5 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MTU-014-08-01-02
Collection Name: Ernie Townsend Collection
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4/20/2009 11:35:46 AM by Anonymous
MTU Class of:1962
The pic maybe was taken from the tower of Sperr Hall (Mining Building).
4/20/2009 11:37:15 AM by Anonymous
MTU Class of:1964
That is the campus when I was at Tech beginning in 1959. The building in back is Hubbell Hall where I sat through math and physics classes. In the center is Koenig Hall which was the home of the chemistry, chemical engineering and nuclear engineering. The build in from I believe was Kerr Hall where shop classes and engineering drawing classes were held. I spent many hours in all of them. Out in front was the best spot to hitch a ride into town and a corner of the Union Building shows across College Ave.
4/20/2009 11:38:11 AM by Anonymous
MTU Class of:B.S. Civil Engineering-1963 and B.S. Engineering Administration-1968
I remember the campus just like this. In about 1962, several of the radius" walkways were surfaced with wood chips in front of Hubbell Hall, the Chem Bldg. and easterly to the old EE and Mining Bldgs. and out to the concrete walk along College Avenue. Thanks for the nostalgic photo! "
4/20/2009 11:39:22 AM by Anonymous
MTU Class of:1961
This was when you still had to take your life in your hands to get from one side of US 41 to the other when getting from the Dorm to the class buildings. I lived in Wadsworth for one year, then got married the second year I was up there, and brought my bride up to keep me warm. She is still doing it too, almost 50 years later. We lived in an apartment in Houghton the first year, straight up the hill from the Sheriffs Dept. My Senior year, we were among the first occupants of the new married student housing up behind Wadsworth. Lots of friends and good times up there.
4/20/2009 11:40:34 AM by Anonymous
MTU Class of:1962
lf I remember right that is Hubbell Hall (referred to as the math building) on the right with the Admin Building hidden from view in the middle and then I'm pretty sure the EE Building in the foreground. The north corner of the Memorial Union can be seen on the left. Further up on the left hidden by the trees would be the Forestry Building. College Ave was a two lane street going right through the middle on the Campus towards Downtown Houghton at that time.Looks like the picture could have been taken from the roof of the then new Civil Geological Building.
4/20/2009 11:41:36 AM by Anonymous
MTU Class of:1961
You know you are getting old when identifying photos from the archives.I believe the building with the white roofs is Hubbell Hall and the building in front is the old Shops Bldg. that housed mechanical engineering. U.S. 41 is the road to the left of the buildings and heading towards Hancock at the top of the photo.Attending Tech back then and graduating, was one of my most treasured accomplishments.
4/20/2009 11:42:32 AM by Anonymous