Images from the University Archives showcase life in the dorm over more than 100 years.
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Two first-year students moving into the Upper Quad around 1940, wearing traditional beanie caps called “dinks.”
Since 1894, Penn’s ornate Quadrangle has adorned campus with its brick arches, towers, and courtyards designed to resemble Oxford and Cambridge in gothic style. Historic photographs from the University Archives reveal the stylized details and shifting styles of undergraduates throughout the centuries.
Penn student Charles Albert Dickson in the 1890s, the decade construction began. Dickson, from Pittsburgh, was a metallurgy and mining student at Penn who participated in the Camera Club and the Scientific Club.
A student room in the Upper Quad around 1900. After the first part was built, additions to the Quad were constructed in stages in 1899, 1905, 1908, 1911, and 1923.
A student room in the Upper Quad around 1900. After the first part was built, additions to the Quad were constructed in stages in 1899, 1905, 1908, 1911, and 1923.
Students in the Lower Quad for the Class Day ceremony in June 1911.
Room 235 in Cleeman House, part of what is now Riepe College House, in March 1917.
A double suite in Hopkinson House, located in what is now Fisher Hassenfeld College House, in 1917.
Students in the Quad around the mid-1950s.
Aerial view of the Quad circa 1963.
Students study in their room in Morris House, part of Ware College House, after renovations in December 1968.
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