Student Activities

Orchestra in Rehearsal

The Brooklyn College Orchestra rehearsing for a big show, 1940's.

Freshman Orientation - September 1945

A 1945 Freshman Orientation at Brooklyn College

Class on quadrangle

Lecture on the Brooklyn College Quadrangle

Economic Geography

Students learning economic geography, Boylan Hall, 1940's.

Home Economics

Students in a women's hygiene class taking home economics in the basement of Ingersoll Hall, 1940's.

If you want to go far, go to Brooklyn

Students in the 1980's promoting the slogan, "If you want to go far, go to Brooklyn."

Chemistry - Balance Room

Students in the balance room performing Quantitative Analysis, 1940's.

Organic Chemistry Laboratory

Students from the Men's Division in the Organic Chemistry lab in Ingersoll Hall, 1940's.

Oil Painting

Students oil painting in an art class, 1940's.

Printing Press

Students at a printing press in Boylan Hall, Brooklyn College, 1940's.

Freshman Tea

Freshmen enjoy tea in Brooklyn College's Student Union Building, 1960's.

Dogfish Dissection

Students dissecting a dogfish in a biology class in Ingersoll Hall, 1940's.

Glass Blowing

Student in a Physical Chemistry Lab, 1940's.

Brooklyn College Book Store

The Brooklyn College book store, 1940's.

Physical Chemistry Shop

Students working in a chemistry laboratory, Brooklyn College, 1940's.

Physics Shop

Students from the Women's Division in a Physics class, Ingersoll Hall, 1940's.

Fashion Show

A co-ed modeling the latest fashion, 1940's.

Christmas Party

A sing along at Christmas at Brooklyn College, 1940's.

Snowball Fight

Brooklyn College students on the Quadrangle at Christmas time, 1957.

Advanced Physics Laboratory

Student working in advanced physics laboratory, Brooklyn College, 1940's.

General Geology Laboratory

Two students with Professor Wellnitz in a geology laboratory in Ingersoll Hall, 1940's.

Pity Their Spanish Instructor!

Two sets of twins at Brooklyn College-Martha, Harriet, Beatrice and Lillian-who were all in the same Spanish class, 1940's.

Freshman Girls' Tea

Freshman women enjoying tea in Boylan Hall, 1940's.

Students with Snowman

Brooklyn college students pose with their snowman on the Quadrangle in the 1970's

The Junior-Freshman Committee at Brooklyn College

The Junior-Freshman Committee assisted the new coeds on campus. This image from the 1940's shows the Chair of the Committee - Doris Trepel (seated). The others from left to right are: Phyllis Weinstein, Adele Sampson, Florence Howitz, Ida...

Library Call Desk

A student orders a book from the Brooklyn College Library's Call Desk, 1940's.

Students in Sculpture Class

Art scultpure class in Boylan Hall, 1940's.

Geology Students Examining Paleontological Specimens

Students from the Women's Division at Brooklyn College, looking at paleontological specimens, 1940's.

Elementary Math Class

A mathematics class in Ingersoll Hall, Brooklyn College, 1940's

Sculpture Class

Students in a sculpture class in Boylan Hall room 4120, 1940's.

Students at Plaza Tables

Students sitting at the tables on the Plaza overpass, 1980's.

"A Day" Queen and Her Court

In 1956, Brooklyn College student Judith Reich was cosen to be the "A Day" Queen by the Brooklyn Division of the New York Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation. Also pictured from left to right are Ronnie Sadeka, Fran Scholnick, Florence...