Category Archives: Photographs
College Centennial Exhibit of Ursuline Artists
BVM and two students
Sister Mary Lola Welcomes Delegates
Nun with cross profession holy card
Nun with cross profession holy card: A small gelatin silver print of a habited nun kneeling before the cross. The cross is surrounded by clouds and light, and is adorned with a reed branch, a crown of thorns, a spear, and an eucharistic chalice. An angel is placing a crown of stars on the nun’s …
San Francisco College for Women (Lone Mountain): Aerial View
San Francisco College for Women (Lone Mountain): Aerial View: This postcard presents an aerial view of the San Francisco College for Women (also known as Lone Mountain College) probably taken soon after its completion in the mid-1930s. Reverend Mother Rosalie Hill RSCJ played a prominent role in the founding of the college and was closely …
San Francisco College for Women (Lone Mountain): Rare Book Room
San Francisco College for Women (Lone Mountain): Rare Book Room: This postcard pictures an interior view of the College library’s rare book room. Excerpt from the message: “This gives a good idea of the cases Reverend Mother designed and had made for housing our rare manuscripts. We have six of them. The carved wood doors …
San Francisco College for Women (Lone Mountain): Library
San Francisco College for Women (Lone Mountain): Library: This postcard shows the interior of the College’s library. Reverend Mother Rosalie Hill agreed to make building the library a priority at the request of Monsignor Joseph M. Gleason. He required the library building as a condition in donating his valuable rare book collection to the College. …