Archive Photo Identification Project

The Rose Archives of Drake Memorial Library needs your help to discover more about the photos in our collection. Can you help identify any of the people, places, dates, or events in these photos? If so, please use our information form to pass along any clues you may have!

Unidentified Photos

A woman seated, working with boxes on a library shelf.

Being pushy - Drake move-in May 1974 (#27)

Please help us gather details about this photo. Click on the photo to expand.

Black and white photo of an audience watching something. Taken in 1970's.

1970s Crowd (#21)

Being pushy - Drake move-in May 1974 (#27)

Black and white photo of college students resting on blankets on the ground in the dark.

Crowd resting Fall 1969 (#18)

Filling the shelves - Drake move-in May 1974 (#32)

Black and white photo of a girl blowing a bubblegum bubble with braids sticking out.

Girl with braids (#09)

Homecoming 1987 (#23)

Black and white photo of cheerleaders marching in a parade.

Homecoming cheerleaders (#16)

Homecoming float -2 (#15)

Homecoming Group 1956 (#22)

Color photo of marching band with majorette in front, in a parade.

Homecoming majorette (#14)

Color photo of students marching in a parade wearing costumes made from cardboard boxes, connected together with string.

Homecoming parade 1992 - boxes (#01)

Color photo of students standing in front of a display of international flags. One is where a sombrero.

International Party (#13)

Black and white photo for a man making a silly expression with arms out and hands in fists.

Man with fists (#11)

Two men working to fill shelves in the library.

Moving books is hard work - Drake move-in May 1974 (#29)

Someone standing among stacks of sorted newspapers.

Newspaper sort - Drake move-in May 1974 (#31)

Black and white photo of students in nursing uniforms interacting.

Nursing students (#10)

Periodicals - Drake move-in May 1974 (#30)

Woman reaching bottom shelf of the library stacks.

Reaching bottom shelf - Drake move-in May 1974 (#33)

Black and white photo of a man speaking from atop a table, with TV cameras and students on the floor watching him.

Speaker on table (#08)

Black and white photo of students talking outside in a crowd.

Spring-in 1969 (#06)

Black and white photo taken from the stage where a band is playing for a large crowd.

Spring-In band (#07)

Black and white photo of women at typewriters.

Students typing (#05)

Teamwork - Drake move-in May 1974 (#28)

Black and white photo of a women holding a book, behind a row of Teddy bears.

The Hurried Child speaker (#04)

Black and white photo of three men standing in front of a display of an instrument or equipment.

Wurlitzer (#02)

If you have any information to share about our photos, please submit the information form.

Recently Identified Photos

Black and white photo of three people on a football field viewing a homecoming brochure together.

Homecoming 1954 (#26)

This photo has been identified as Homecoming 1954 and includes Liston Coon (class of 1948), Julia Walsh Novelli (class of 1944), and Donald Novelli (class of 1942).

Two people leaning over a table toward each other, handing something between them.

Two people talking (#03)

We received this explanation of the photo from multiple people that this is a photo of class registration. “In the 70’s, you registered by going to a department table and getting a ‘punch card’ for the class you were interested in. You stacked these with ‘your card’ and submitted them to the registration table. When they ran out of cards for a class, the class was full.” and “One person in the picture was the student and the other was staff handing out class computer cards over the table of class cards. I will never forget registration at Brockport State during those years!!!”

Color photo of homecoming king and queen posing with a college administrator.

Homecoming King and Queen (#12)

This photo has been identified as being the Homecoming Queen and King for 1983, Lori L. Baird and Douglas Neibloom, posing with President Van de Wetering. (The Stylus 12 Oct 1983 Pages 12-13)

Black and white photo of people standing with umbrellas in the rain.

Homecoming 1993 (#17)

We’ve identified these people from Left: Sharon Belle-Render, Roger Weir, Marion Schrank, and on the far right is President John Van de Wetering.

Color snapshot of two men carrying cases of soda.

Staff carrying soda (#19)

The person on the left has been identified as Mike Andriatch (’85/’17) now VP of Advancement & Communication. The person on the right has been identified is Scott Welch (’89?). Details that we would like to know about this photo: When was this photo taken? Why are they carrying soda?

Black and white photo of people sitting at a conference room table.

Academic Quality Board (#20)

Please help us gather more details about this photo. Click on the photo to expand. So far we have identified Bob Gilliam (far left), David Hall (second from left), Steven Breslawski (second from right), Owen S. Ireland, Brockport History Emeritus (far right).

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