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First Graduation Ceremony on Campus Quad
Figures in caps and gowns are lined up on the east side of the campus quad, facing others on the rear porch of Jefferson Hall. The college's first commencement ceremonies were held on this day in June, 1941.
Jefferson Hall on Day of First Graduation
A view of students in caps and gowns milling around Jefferson Hall on the day of Queens College's first commencement ceremonies in 1941. To the left of the photograph is a lawn which later became Kiely Hall, and in the background, trees and hills…
Female students on campus
A group of unidentified female students pose against Jefferson Hall. This photograph was taken in 1944, when many male students would have been away on military service.
M4 Sherman Tank on Campus
ROTC members stand on and around a Sherman tank parked behind Jefferson Hall. The M4A3E8 was the most advanced variant of the Sherman to be developed by the US Army in World War II, and continued to be used into the Korean War, which was ending…