1890-1899


Class of 1892 at Doubling Gap, 1892

Members of the Class of 1892 on a senior class ride to Doubling Gap on May 12, 1892.

The following students are pictured: Henry Matthew Stephens, Charles Edward Pettinos, Charles Coover Greer, Abel Charles T. McCrea, Frederick Higgins Fletcher, Virgil Prettyman, Augustus Sayford Fasick, William Thomas Roberts, William Albert Hutchinson, George Milton Frownfelter, Joseph Hilyed Price, James Harris Curran, Van Pierce Northrup, John Leonard Lindale Hynson, Frysinger Evans, Samuel Harvey Beetem, and John Austin Brandt.

Location
Photograph Archives
Decade
Class Year
Roles

Family Vacation, 1892

This image of an unidentified young man is most likely from George Bowman's family vacation to Atlantic City, New Jersey, in July 1892.

Photographer
Applegate's, Atlantic City, NJ
Origin
Gift of Arthur S. McCann Jr.
Location
PC 2008.3, folder 7
Format
Decade
Collection

Charles G. Beetem, 1893

Formal portrait of Charles G. Beetem. 

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: "Photo of a nice, little boy.  1893 - 12 years old and ready for two weeks at the World's Fair in Chicago. - My mother had this photo made thinking I might get lost from my father and she would never see me again. - At this time the kidnapping of Charlie Rose was still fresh in the minds of mothers all over the country. Charlie was never seen again, nor was his body every discovered." 

Photographer
John N. Choate, Carlisle, PA
Origin
Gift of Donald and Edward Beetem
Location
PC 2002.7, folder 2
Decade
Collection

Beta Theta Pi, 1893

Five Beta Theta Pi brothers pose in academic caps and gowns in 1893.

The men are identified as Francis Baker Harvey, Edwin Vernon Honchliffe, James Henry Baker, Clyde Bowman Furst, and Robert Emmet McAlarney.

Photographer
Charles Francis Himes
Origin
Gift of Mary Himes Vale and Sarah Vale Rush
Location
PC 2000.1, folder 351n
Decade
Groups and Organizations
Roles
Collection