College publicity--Colorado--Gunnison.
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The "Traveling Troubadours," an all-faculty quartet which traveled all over Colorado recruiting for Western. The group was formed in 1941; this photo is dated 1946. Members were H.W. Taylor,
Herb Dorricott, George Damson and T.K. Wilson (seated).
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A group of nine Western students in bathing suits apply suntan lotion to themselves on the shore of Lake Irwin in a publicity photograph, 1940.
[In 1940, an enterprising public relations director for the college, eager to increase enrollment and scotch rumors concerning Gunnison's harsh climate, arranged for a Denver photographer to take photographs of Western students at Lake Irwin--rafting and fishing, applying suntan lotion, and making snowballs--in...
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Western students in their bathing suits pose for a promotional photograph on the snowy shores of Lake Irwin, 1940.
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Western coeds in bathing suits pose for a photograph at Rozman Hill, circa 1952.
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Western students from Connecticut pose in front of their 1941 Plymouth, circa 1954.
[Prior to World War II, Western's appeal had been largely confined to students from the Western Slope. One of the first groups to arrive from the East Coast were these young men from Connecticut, who managed the trip in their 1941 Plymouth. With their brushed-straight-back, Brylcreem-ed hair ("a little dab'll do ya...") and laid-back confident, early 50s smiles,...
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Western hikers pause for a photograph on a rocky crest, circa 1938.
[A publicity photo--one of thousands taken over the years to promote the college as a place for outdoor men and women--in 1938.] -- M. Hatcher notes
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A group of WSC students participate in a geology field camp on Hunter's Hill above Cement Creek, July, 1996.
[Taking geology field camp is a great way to earn college credit as well as see the high country at its most spectacular. This group of students (and an inquisitive dog--a rock hound?) is on Hunter's Hill, above upper Cement Creek. It's July, so there's plenty of snow and the wildflowers are blooming. Castle Peak is on the left, Star Peak...
