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1. Cadets and Corvallis College building, circa 1875
Cadets and Corvallis College building, circa 1875
Description
Cadet corps in line by the original Corvallis College building. Men do not have uniforms at this time. Cadets probably holding Civil War era long M1863 Springfield rifled muskets, surplus from the US Military. The building in the background is the original building that would become OAC. The college was originally located in downtown Corvallis on the block where City Hall and the Corvallis Moose Lodge are currently located. The first college building was a structure built in 1858 and added onto in 1876.
2. Cadets and Corvallis College building, circa 1875
Cadets and Corvallis College building, circa 1875
Description
Cadet corps in line by the original Corvallis College building. Men do not have uniforms at this time. Cadets probably holding Civil War era long M1863 Springfield rifled muskets, surplus from the US Military. The building in the background is the original building that would become OAC. The college was originally located in downtown Corvallis on the block where City Hall and the Corvallis Moose Lodge are currently located. The first college building was a structure built in 1858 and added onto in 1876.
3. William F. Dixon
William F. Dixon
4. First graduating class
First graduating class
Description
First class of Oregon Agricultural College to graduate in 1870. Robert M. Veatch, Alice E. Biddle, and James K. P. Currin.
5. Portrait of James K. P. Currin
Portrait of James K. P. Currin
Description
Currin was a member of OSU's first graduating class in 1870. This is likely his senior portrait, taken at the same time as the graduating class photo.
6. Sarah Latimer Finley
Sarah Latimer Finley
Description
Sarah Finley was the daughter of a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Despite health concerns that precipitated the Finleys’ return to California in 1872, she lived to be 89 years old, passing away in 1937. Finley was a leader of the suffrage movement in Sonoma County, California. Thomas Houseworth & Co. was one of the leading photography studios in San Francisco in the 1870s and 1880s.
7. Portrait of George F. Burkhart
Portrait of George F. Burkhart
Description
Burkhart was a member of the Corvallis College Class of 1871 and was from Lebanon, Oregon. He was elected as the Alumni Association’s first vice president after its founding in early 1873. He also served on the college’s board of trustees in 1887 and 1888.
8. Corvallis College class of 1872
Corvallis College class of 1872
Description
Class members included Rosa Jacobs (front row center), John B. Elgin (front row right), James K. Weatherford (top row right), Thomas C. Alexander, and Alonzo J. Locke.
9. Portrait of James Davis Fountain
Portrait of James Davis Fountain
Description
Fountain was a member of the Corvallis College Class of 1871 and was from Jacksonville, Oregon.
10. View of Main Street, Corvallis
View of Main Street, Corvallis
Description
This view of what is now Second Street in Corvallis is one of the first images taken of its business district, and was taken around the time that Corvallis College received permanent designation as the state’s land grant institution. Corvallis’ 1870 population was estimated to be 1,200.