Slides, film, and negatives of the Auditorium fire, January 1970.

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Slides, film, and negatives of the Auditorium fire, January 1970.

This collection consists of slides, an eight millimeter film, negatives, and contact prints showing a fire that destroyed the Auditorium Building on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College. These images were taken at the time of the fire and during its aftermath on 8-9 January 1970. Gustavus students J. Kirk Metzger ('70), Eric Stokhuyzen ('72), and James Bolmgren ('70) are credited for capturing these scenes. Damage left the building as nothing more than a brick shell.

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Gustavus Adolphus College.

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Bolmgren, James.

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Stokhuyzen, Eric.

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Metzger, J. Kirk.

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