- A-190
- Item
- 1950
Looking east at campus buildings (l to r): Chemistry, Physics, Administration, Saskatchewan Hall and Qu'Appelle Hall. Construction in progress on the John Mitchell Building and Physical Education Gym addition.
Looking east at campus buildings (l to r): Chemistry, Physics, Administration, Saskatchewan Hall and Qu'Appelle Hall. Construction in progress on the John Mitchell Building and Physical Education Gym addition.
Looking west at University Hospital under construction. Thorvaldson addition of the Chemistry Building under construction at right. Qu'Appelle Hall at left foreground; Physics Building at right foreground.
Looking east along College Street of construction of the Canada Agriculture Research Building. University Hospital and President's Residence in foreground.
Looking east at University Hospital and Ellis Hall in foreground, Chemistry Building; north wing of Murray Memorial (Main) Library in background.
Looking west at College Drive, partial view of Griffiths Stadium, Varsity View homes in foreground. Campus buildings and Saskatoon in background.
Looking northwest with feed (grain) elevator and Rutherford Rink in foreground, Engineering Building at centre and Western College of Veterinary Medicine at top.
Looking northeast from top of Arts Tower with Thorvaldson Building in foreground. Newly-completed Agriculture Building in background.
Aerial view of flooding around campus buildings; Field Husbandry barn at right and greenhouses at left.
Aerial view looking northwest of Law Building; Robin Hood Mills elevator in background.
Bio/Historical Note: The Law and Commerce Buildings were designed and constructed as part of a single project between 1965 and 1967. The architect was John Holliday-Scott of the Saskatoon firm Holliday-Scott & Associates.
Thorvaldson Building - Construction
Aerial view of foundations of Thorvaldson Addition being laid.
Bio/Historical Note: The Chemistry Building was enlarged with an addition and was renamed in honour of Dr. Thorbergur Thorvaldson, professor and dean of Chemistry from 1919-1959. The Thorvaldson Building opened on 6 June 1966. Architect John B. Parkin’s modern design continued with exterior stone cladding. The near windowless, stone three-storey addition provided classrooms, undergraduate and research laboratories, offices, a library and service facilities.
University of Saskatchewan College of Education Building
Aerial view of the exterior of the College of Education building and Diefenbaker Centre.
Looking northwest at a track meet underway at Griffiths Stadium; fields in foreground. The Bowl with surrounding buildings and University Hospital in background.
Looking east with Ellis Hall, University Hospital and St. Andrew's College in foreground. Arts Building, the Bowl and other surrounding buildings at centre. College Drive runs along right side of image.
Looking north with the Bowl and surrounding campus buildings in foreground. Construction work progresses on Marquis Hall and St. Thomas More College.
Looking southeast with the Bowl and surrounding buildings at centre.