View looking northeast with College Drive running along bottom of image. Physical Education building, Hangar Building, and greenhouses in foreground, with surrounding campus buildings and fields in background.

Looking west at Main Barn at centre; Chemistry Building, Administration Building, and other campus buildings also visible. College Drive runs at bottom left.

View of construction work on Biology and Arts buildings. Chemistry Building, Administration Building, north wing of Murray Memorial (Main) Library, and the Bowl in background.

Elevated view looking northeast at construction of the Heating Plant addition; taken from roof of Thorvaldson Building.

Looking north at Memorial Union Building in middle foreground. Buildings visible around the Bowl are (r to l): Administration Building, Saskatchewan Hall and Qu'Appelle Hall. Construction of north wing of Murray Memorial (Main) Library at left. Physics and Engineering buildings vislble.

Looking north at Qu'Appelle Hall and Saskatchewan Hall in foreground; surrounding campus buildings in background.

Looking north at University Hospital and Medical Building. College Drive in the foreground.

Looking east at University Hospital and Ellis Hall in foreground, Chemistry Building; north wing of Murray Memorial (Main) Library in background.

Looking northeast at St. Andrew's College and Little Stone School in foreground; University Hospital at upper left.

View of the Bowl, Administration Building, Saskatchewan Hall, Qu'Appelle Hall, and Physics Building. Construction of Biology Building. visible at bottom left. Cars lining the Bowl area.

Aerial view looking northeast of the Observatory in winter. Construction of the Memorial Union Building at centre; Emmanuel College at right.

Bio/Historical Note: The Observatory was designed by Gentil J.K. Verbeke and constructed in two phases using local limestone from 1928-1930 for about $23,000. The R. J. Arrand Contracting Co. was contracted to build the Observatory Tower in 1928 for a cost of $6625. The firm completed the tower $353 under budget on 14 April 1929, for $6,272. On 20 June 1929 R. J. Arrand was again awarded a contract by the University, this time to build the small classroom wing of the Observatory for $15,640. Work on the classroom wing was completed on 23 January 1930 for $15,034.50. University funding for the construction of the building was supplemented by private donations. Along with the Field Husbandry Building, the Observatory would be among the last free-standing buildings constructed on campus until after World War II. A plaque with the names of many donors still hangs inside the dome of the observatory. Saskatoon residents will find many of the names highly recognizable even today. A sundial was added to the exterior of the Observatory during the 1940s. It reads:
I am a Shadow
So art thou
The observatory facilities are available for use by both university students and visitors to the campus. The telescopes and other scientific equipment are used by students during the laboratory component of their courses. University personnel regularly offer tours of the observatory to elementary and high school classes, youth groups and other community associations. The Observatory is staffed year-round on Saturday nights so that any visitor may view celestial objects through the telescope.

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.