Earle Shelley behind flowerbed, 1921

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Image

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Photographs

Description

Black and white photograph of Waterloo College School student Earle Shelley kneeling behind a flower bed on the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary campus. Willison Hall is in the background.

Notes

This photograph is blurry and the edges are covered with transparent tape.

Willison Hall was built in 1914, expanded in 1924, and demolished in 1970. It contained administration offices, classrooms and laboratories, a chapel, a dining hall, the library, a gymnasium, and student accommodations. The building was commonly known as “Old Main” until the mid 1950s when it was named in honour of Waterloo College graduate Nils Willison.

Wilfrid Laurier University is located in Waterloo, Ontario. It began in 1911 as the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada. In 1924 Waterloo College was established, providing courses in post-secondary education. In 1960 Waterloo College became Waterloo Lutheran University, and in 1973 changed its name to Wilfrid Laurier University.

Inscriptions

Front, typed (attached): At the age of innocence Fall 1920 when I started at Waterloo College School. Flowerbed centre of circular drive in front of Evangelical Lutheran Seminary building - the original half or Old Main.

Reverse, in ink: Flowerbed front of Bldg Waterloo College [unreadable] / 1921

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