Tome Scientific Building I


Academic Quad, 1916
Academic Quad, 1916

Students and faculty stand in groups throughout the quad during the 1915-1916 academic year.

The caption reads: "Campus of Dickinson College, 1915-16"

Students in this photo include: Esther Popel ('19) ; William Jefferson ('19)

Academic quad, c.1960
Academic quad, c.1960

Old West, the Tome Scientific Building, and East College are visible in this photograph of the Academic quad around 1960.


Alumni from Class of 1885 wearing top hats at reunion, c.1900.
Alumni from Class of 1885 wearing top hats at reunion

Men from the Class of 1885 enjoy wearing top hats at their reunion c.1900.

Bonisteel Planetarium entrance, 1963
Bonisteel Planetarium entrance, 1963

View of the Roscoe O. Bonisteel Planetarium entrance inside the Tome Scientific Building in 1963.

Bonisteel Planetarium starfield projector, 1963
Bonisteel Planetarium starfield projector, 1963

Five students stand by the Bonisteel Planetarium starfield projector in 1963.

Cadets in a Science Lab, 1944
Cadets in a Science Lab, 1944

32nd Army Air Corps Cadets the physical science laboratory in the basement of the Tome Science Building in 1944.

Charles Francis Himes in Tome lab, c.1890
Charles Francis Himes in Tome lab, c.1890

Professor Charles Francis Himes in a laboratory in the Tome Scientific Building around 1890.

Charles Francis Himes in Tome lab, c.1890
Charles Francis Himes in Tome lab, c.1890

View of Professor Charles Francis Himes in a laboratory in the Tome Scientific Building around 1890.

Chemistry class, 1892
Chemistry class

The class of 1893 sits in class in the chemical lecture room of Tome on May 20, 1892. While most students are men, several women sit in the back row.


Chemistry lab, c.1900
Chemistry lab, c.1900

Two individuals, possibly students, perform a chemistry lab exercise in the Tome Scientific Building around 1900.

Chemistry lab, c.1945
Chemistry lab, c.1945

View of students in a chemistry lab in Tome around 1945.

Chemistry lab in Tome, c.1890
Chemistry lab in Tome, c.1890

View of a chemistry lab in the Tome Scientific Building with information about coal gas on the board. The handwritten caption on the photograph reads: "Lecture Table - Chemistry"

East College, c.1895
East College, c.1895

View of the south side of East College around 1895.  Several men are standing in front of the building.  To the left, Tome Scientific Building is visible.

Electronic Language Laboratory in Tome, c.1960
Electronic Language Laboratory in Tome, c.1960

Professor of Modern Languages Wright Kirk and Micheline Ricois (a Fulbright scholar from France) teach a class in the Electronic Language Laboratory around 1960. This classroom was located in the Tome Scientific Building.

Entrance to Tome Scientific Building, c.1930
Entrance to Tome Scientific Building, c.1930

View of the main entrance to the Tome Scientific Building around 1930.

Female student in dunce caps, c.1890
Female student in dunce caps, c.1890

A female student in a dunce cap and a man on the steps of the Tome Scientific Building around 1890.

Female students in dunce caps, c.1890
Female students in dunce caps, c.1890

Female students in "dunce" caps pose for a photograph outside Tome Scientific Building around 1890.

Female students performing science experiment, 1889
Female students performing science experiment, 1889

Four female students perform a science experiment in Tome in 1889.  The woman second from the left is Mary Himes ('89).

Henry L. Yeagley, 1963
Henry L. Yeagley, 1963

Professor Henry L. Yeagley and a student use a constellation model in 1963.

Henry L. Yeagley in the Bonisteel Planetarium, 1963

Henry L. Yeagley in the Bonisteel Planetarium, 1963

Professor Henry L. Yeagley with a class in the Bonisteel Planetarium in 1963. The planetarium was in the Tome Scientific Building.

John Dickinson Campus, c.1890
John Dickinson Campus, c.1890

View of John Dickinson Campus around 1890, with Old West and Tome Scientific Building in the background.

John Dickinson Campus, c.1915
John Dickinson Campus, c.1915

View of the John Dickinson campus around 1915.

John Dickinson Campus, c.1920
John Dickinson Campus, c.1920

Panoramic view of the John Dickinson campus around 1920. Bosler Hall, Old West, the Tome Scientific Building, and East College are visible. 

Lab in Tome Scientific Building, c.1895
Lab in Tome Scientific Building, c.1895

View of a janitor inside a lab in the Tome Scientific Building around 1895.

Lab in Tome Scientific Building, c.1900
Lab in Tome Scientific Building, c.1900

View of a lab inside the Tome Scientific Building around 1900.

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