Cute couple (1950s)

By BSU Alumni & Foundation

Published 10:55 a.m. on Jan. 18, 2024

A rediscovered batch of over 150 photos – buried in the basement of the Alumni House but recently unearthed and digitized – offers a nostalgic glimpse into what life was like at Bemidji State College in the late 1950s.

The colored pictures – 159 in all – are now available to the public for the first time. Take a look by scrolling through the gallery below or clicking on any image to expand it.

Homecoming football game (1957)

Homecoming parade (1955)

Homecoming parade queens (1955)

Homecoming queens (1957)

Homecoming parade (1955)

Homecoming (1955)

Homecoming coronation (1955)

Band formations (1955)

Band formations (1955)

Band formations (1955)

Football game (1956)

Band formations (1955)

Band formations (1955)

Band formations (1955)

Band formations (1957)

Band banquet (1955)

Band banquet (1955)

Band banquet (1955)

Sadie Hawkins Dance (1955)

Homecoming dance (1955)

Dorm life with a friend (1950s)

Winter formal (1955)

Christmas dance (1955)

Winter formal (1955)

Winter formal (1955)

Pep band (1955)

Basketball crowd (1955)

Basketball crowd (1955)

Men's basketball game vs. ND of Science (1950s)

Cheerleaders (1956)

Cheerleaders (1957)

Dorm life (1955)

Band clinic (1950s)

Band clinic (1950s)

LSA (1957)

Band clinic (1957)

Band clinic (1950s)

Band clinic (1957)

Band clinic (1950s)

Band clinic (1950s)

Band clinic (1950s)

Paul and Carrie (1956)

Band clinic (1950s)

Junior Paul and Carrie (1956)

Paul Bunyan Week (1956)

Snow sculpture (1956)

Snow sculpture (1956)

Snow sculpture (1956)

Quartet at Sam's (1957)

Sam's Show (1956)

Sam's Show (1956)

Religious emphasis (1956)

Winter campus (1957)

Religious emphasis (1956)

Men's track and field (1956)

Men's track and field (1956)

Men's track and field (1956)

Dance band (1956)

Dance band (1956)

Dance band K. Hagen (1956)

Graduation (1956)

Commencement (1956)

Band (1956)

Commencement (1956)

Commencement (1958)

Campus (1950s)

Campus (1956)

Campus (1956)

Campus (1950s)

Campus (1956)

Campus (1956)

Campus (1956)

Campus (1956)

Campus (1956)

Campus (1956)

Campus (1950s)

Band skit (1956)

Band skit (1956)

Band skit (1956)

Freshman initiation (1956)

Freshman initiation (1957)

Freshman initiation (1956)

Freshman initiation (1956)

Freshman initiation (1956)

Queen candidate (1956)

Queen candidate (1956)

Homecoming queen Mona Erickson (1956)

Band banquet (1956)

Band banquet (1956)

Band banquet (1956)

Wesley Foundation (1950s)

Macbeth (1956)

Macbeth (1956)

Macbeth (1956)

Macbeth (1956)

Dorm life (1956)

Cute couple (1950s)

Cute couple (1950s)

Cute couples (1956)

Choir (1956-57)

Band trip (1957)

Girls quartet (1956)

Band (1957)

Pep band (1957)

Basketball crowd (1956)

Paul Bunyan Week crowd (1950s)

Paul Bunyan Week (1950s)

Ski day (1957)

Ski day (1957)

Sams program (1957)

Figauo makeup (1957)

Figauo (1957)

Figauo (1957)

Figauo (1957)

Figauo (1957)

Figauo (1957)

Figauo (1957)

Figauo (1957)

Men's basketball huddle (1957)

Cheerleaders (1957)

Snowy campus (1957)

Snowy campus (1957)

Dorm life (1956)

Dorm life (1950s)

Intervarsity trip (1957)

Snowy campus (1957)

Choir trip (1957)

Choir trip (1957)

Choir trip (1957)

Choir trip (1957)

Homecoming football game (1957)

Homecoming football game (1957)

Homecoming football game (1957)

Homecoming (1957)

Cute couples (1957)

Cute couple (1950s)

Cute couple (1950s)

Baton twirler (1950s)

Baton twirler (1950s)

Dorm room (1958)

German Club Christmas party (1950s)

Choir concert decor (1950s)

Spring Formal (1957)

Band float (1957)

Band banquet (1957)

Band banquet (1957)

Band banquet (1957)

Band picnic (1958)

Band picnic (1958)

Band picnic (1958)

Parade (1956)

Parade (1957)

Parade (1957)

Parade (1957)

Parade (1957)

Parade (1956)

Parade (1957)

Parade photographer (1957)

Parade (1957)

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