This panoramic shot portrays the 1997 Commencement ceremonies from above, while giving a contextual view of Queens College in the greater milieu of New York City. The borough of Queens stretches on in the background to the towers of Midtown…
Behind a sign reading "faculty" (unreadable in scanned image), what are presumably faculty members are lined up in caps and gowns during the college's first commencement ceremonies in June 1941.
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.
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.