Omeka - Digital History at Ursinus

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Discusses how national trends in diversity will affect the student body at Ursinus.

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Pfahler Hall in the mid-autumn sunshine (left) and all lit up at dusk (right).

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Rusted desks are piled high on the muddy ground inside one of the two sealed radioactivity labs.

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With the 'Radioactivity Laboratories' label still intact, the entrance to the labs requires a ladder to climb down to the doorway - it's never easy to get to the best secrets!

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Looking up shows just how old these labs are - the ceiling is exposed while students clamber up and down the stairs directly above us.

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This image provides a better look at the full lab. The rusted desks and crumbling cement shows both the age and the isolated nature of this location. It's exactly how many people picture the ideal living space of a ghost!

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This is one of the tunnels under the grounds of Ursinus College, but it is no longer in use.

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A smoking ad with an attractive woman holding groceries (with cigarettes in the bags) while talking to a worker who's holding a cigarette

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This article is a milestone in the Digital Age, as it is the first time that social media was mentioned in a Ursinus publication. As one can read in the article, the students at the time were ecstatic and anxious to finally implement the Internet…

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