![Twelve men in suits and academic robes](/sites/default/files/styles/banner_crop_1460x500/public/assets/banners/branding/banner-ph3478.jpg?h=a0d8e66e&itok=AaABFkg_)
UC History in Pictures: 1870s & 1880s
Images from the 1870s and 1880s at University College (and the University of Toronto), compiled by the UC Librarian.
![Drawing of cricket players and an agricultural worker in front of University College with caption "The Barley Field - 1870"](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1870-ph3493-used-2015-07-23-cricket-and-barley-1870-UC-CW-Jefferys.jpg?itok=Aq3teNQ_)
![Drawing of University College, with people on the grounds in front](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/19th-century-ph453-used-2016-04-28-early-drawing-of-front-campus-and-UC-higher-res.jpg?itok=9zOTgAb_)
![Drawing of University College with horse-drawn carriage in front](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/19th-century-ph451-used-2016-03-10-early-drawing-of-UC-with-horse-drawn-carriage.jpg?itok=affiz29A)
![Twelve men in suits and academic robes](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1870-or-1871-ph3478-UC-Lit-General-Committee-1870-71.jpg?itok=tQOFueCq)
![Moss Hall, fields and trees in foreground, distant buildings in background](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/19th-century-ph4543-used-2018-02-15-view-from-uc-tower-showing-moss-hall.jpg?itok=y3g6tj0X)
![Group of 11 men, most wearing academic robes](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1877-ph735-used-2017-01-12-University-College-Metaphysical-Class-of-1877.jpg?itok=c_9WJfiV)
![Eight children on grass with University College in background](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1880-ph306-used-2016-05-12-children-on%20front-campus-UC-in-background-1880.jpg?itok=-MZM07Yu)
![Eliza Balmer](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1880ish-a-eliza-balmer-circa-1880-courtesy-UTARMS.jpg?itok=LTBmahU9)
![A man with a beard, wearing an academic robe](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1880ish-estimated-ph3479-emile-pernet.jpg?itok=r2ASvi63)
![Gates with men and boys standing in entrance, with tree-lined street behind](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1880ish-b-ph4555-used-2018-03-01-university-gates-at-college-and-yonge-around-1880.jpg?itok=W-9vapoM)
![Ramsay Wright with a microscope and pen](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1880-ish-c-rough-estimate-ph890-used-2017-03-09-prof-ramsay-wright-with-microscope.jpg?itok=jWHaLf0r)
![painting of an older, bearded man in a chemistry lab](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1881-henry-holmes-croft-by-a-dickson-patterson-courtesy-uoft-art-museum.jpg?itok=Rukpizs7)
![Maurice Hutton in a woman's dress and jewellery](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1882-ph2607-maurice-hutton-as-antigone-cropped.jpg?itok=GtZViqJB)
![Three women (head and shoulders)](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1885-used-2018-06-14-margaret-langley-may-bell-bald-and-ella-gardiner-1885-courtesy-UTARMS.jpg?itok=ae4ttU-8)
![Museum including display cases and windows](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1885-ph460-used-2015-03-19-UC-museum-in-West-Hall-before-fire-of-1890.jpg?itok=4pXcF9A0)
![Cover page of essay which says "The Influence of Ancient Greek Literature on Modern English Thought, by D.J. MacMurchy, B.A. Prize Essay, Toronto University, 1886"](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1886-used-2015-10-15-prize-winning-essay-1886.jpg?itok=8EmDbqb_)
![nine men in baseball uniforms and two men in suits](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1887-varsity-base-ball-club-ph1403.jpg?itok=9lNP1yh1)
![Man with white hair and beard, wearing academic robe](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1889-or-earlier-ph290a-used-2015-10-22-george-paxton-young.jpg?itok=m_5K2vPp)
![Two near-identical photos showing a tower, rooftops, and windows](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1889-or-earlier-ph470-used-2016-05-26-stereoscope-UC-east-entrance-and-tower-pre-1890.jpg?itok=On8DrXvy)
![drawing of college with two horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians, with caption "UNIVERSITY COLLEGE"](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1889-a-ph531-used-2017-04-20-1889-drawing-UC-view-from-southeast.jpg?itok=R3nlJyZ-)
![Programme cover illustrated with leaves, with these handwritten words: "THE FIRST ANNUAL BANQUET OF THE LADY UNDERGRADUATES UNIVERSITY COLLEGE TORONTO 16 FEB. '89"](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/UC-lady-undergraduates-banquet-programme-1889-02-16-front-higher-res.jpg?itok=Qa1IlB2i)
![Two-page programme listing music, speeches, toasts, etc.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/UC-lady-undergraduates-banquet-programme-1889-02-16-inside-higher-res.jpg?itok=6yMrpy44)
![Library including book-lined alcoves and mezzanine](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1889-or-earlier-b-ph3488-used-2015-02-26-UC-Library-in-East-Hall-before-fire-of-1890.jpg?itok=GrxNeEUU)
![Printed invitation or program for the University College Annual Conversazione, February 15th, 1889](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1889-annual-conversazione-UC-Lit-1889-02-15-iphone-resized.jpg?itok=B9gnRTh8)
![Montage of photos of 86 students and 18 professors](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1889-ph1338-class-of-1889.jpg?itok=IdWWu5vm)
Images from the 1870s and 1880s at University College (and the University of Toronto), compiled by the UC Librarian.