Life at Loras: A Retrospective of 1950's Campus Life

This exhibit presents a cursory glance, through photographs, newspapers, and yearbooks, of life at Loras College in the 1950s. As a nostalgic trip through the people and activities of Loras sixty-five years ago, the exhibit aims to evoke the excitement and energy of Loras campus life from 1950 to 1959. This vibrancy endures in Loras today.

If you enjoy this exhibit and want to see more, please visit the following collections:

Purgold Yearbooks: Selected Scans from 1950 - 1959

Lorian Newspapers: Selected Scans from 1950 - 1960

Loras College Photographic Negative Collection: Selected Scans

Credits

This exhibit was curated by Erika Alfieri and Caroline Handley, CDH graduate interns funded in part by an NEH grant.