- B-124
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- 1929
Group photo of club members sitting and standing on lawn at University of Saskatchewan. Men holding sign at right. Physics Building, College (Administration) Building, and Saskatchewan Hall, and vehicles in background.
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Group photo of club members sitting and standing on lawn at University of Saskatchewan. Men holding sign at right. Physics Building, College (Administration) Building, and Saskatchewan Hall, and vehicles in background.
Physics Building - Construction
Foundation being laid for the Physics Building; two workers standing on top of wall.
Bio/Historical Note: The Physics Building was constructed by Smith Bros. & Wilson General Contractors from 1919 to 1921 for $437,000, and was designed by D. R. Brown and H. Vallance. It was officially opened in 1922. The building originally housed the Departments of Physics, Botany and Zoology, the Plant-pathology section of the Dominion Department of Agriculture, as well as the soils branch of the Canadian Department of the Interior. The Physics Building possessed non-vibratory walls, laboratories for Electricity and Magnetism, Light, Electron Physics, wireless work, a number of smaller research rooms, a dark room and a large lecture theatre, which was quickly put to use by many different colleges. The attic of the building was used as a temporary museum, with meteorological recording equipment situated on the roof. The basement was fitted with offices and classrooms, as well as with two fireproofed rooms containing the Shortt Library of Canadiana.
Looking west across the Bowl at buildings (l to r): Physics, Chemistry, north wing of Murray Memorial (Main) Library and Qu'Appelle Hall in background. Students walking on pathways.
View from northwest across the Bowl with buildings (l to r): Thorvaldson, Biology, Physics and Administration. Students walking on grass in foreground.
Chemistry Building and Physics Building
Looking northeast at the front of Chemistry Building shortly after construction of Chemistry Building. Image has been tinted.