![Men and women dancing in front of the main entrance of University College](/sites/default/files/styles/banner_crop_1460x500/public/assets/banners/branding/banner-ph356.jpg?h=e9ffb183&itok=XeudPu1r)
UC History in Pictures: 1930s & 1940s
Images from the 1930s and 1940s at University College (and the University of Toronto), compiled by the UC Librarian.
![Aerial view of many people crossing front campus, with Convocation Hall in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1930s-a-ph4593-used-2018-01-18-front-campus-students-crossing-snow-footprints-convocation-hall-1930s.jpg?itok=IQKpklz3)
![John Cunningham McLennan in suit and hat](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1930ish-estimated-ph814-used-2017-03-23-john-cunningham-mclennan.jpg?itok=m3W8847b)
![Mossie May Waddington Kirkwood](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/year-unknown-used-2015-11-27-ph285-Mossie-May-Waddington-Kirkwood.jpg?itok=KL74BaX_)
![Men dressed in white, playing cricket, with University College in background](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/year-unknown-ph571-used-2016-04-14-UC-back-campus-cricket-cropped.jpg?itok=RMbRAioU)
![About twenty older men in suits, with names handwritten under the heading "University College Graduating Class of 1887"](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1930s-ish-estimated-ph1337-reunion-uc-class-of-1887.jpg?itok=SUwq-yPH)
![Mary Craig Needler dressed in academic robe](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1930sish-estimated-ph1073-used-2018-05-03-mary-craig-needler.jpg?itok=VG361cK8)
![snow-covered trees with University College in background](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/year-unknown-ph559-used-2016-03-03-UC-south-side-winter.jpg?itok=NX91EBN5)
![Twelve men in suits and academic robes](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1933-document-Torontonensis-UC-Lit-Executive-1932-33.jpg?itok=2mRrr_sd)
![Aerial view of buildings, trees, and lawns](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1933-ph4548-used-2017-12-07-aerial-view-of-uc-and-campus-1933-09-29-seen-from-east.jpg?itok=JdaQtcTK)
![Document showing schedule for "Senior-Freshman House Party, Whitney Hall, 85 St. George St., September 22nd - 24th, 1934"](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1934-document-used-2018-09-20-Whitney-Hall-senior-freshman-house-party-1934-09-22-24-iphone-resized.jpg?itok=t2OVVrHe)
![yearbook entry for "William Leslie Mackay, Tamsui, Formosa"](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1936-torontonensis-william-leslie-mackay.jpg?itok=mMfkDvyE)
![Eight men and one woman in academic robes](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1936-ph1435-undergraduate-magazine-staff-uc.jpg?itok=MmzKuDXq)
![Thirteen young women in academic robes with two older women](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1936-Torontonensis-Executive-Womens-Undergraduate-AssocIation.jpg?itok=wHttxjgE)
![Twelve men in academic robes, with the caption "University College Literary and Athletic Society Executive 1935-36"](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1936-Torontonensis-Executive-UC-Lit-including-Saul-Rae.jpg?itok=7GKNYk7Y)
![room with chairs, large windows, and a large table](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1937-ph4289-senior-common-room-croft-chapter-house.jpg?itok=pWdaCEyb)
![room with tables, chairs, a fireplace, and large windows](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1937-or-earlier-ph2659-JCR-UC-Bulletin-1937.jpg?itok=ARSAGU8O)
![room with tables, chairs, and sofas](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1937-ph4354-womens-common-room-uc-bulletin.jpg?itok=d_E7PlYn)
![Seven actors on stage in period costumes](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1937-ph2253-uc-players-guild-importance-of-being-earnest.jpg?itok=8rhAsdYJ)
![distant view of University College through trees, with cars in foreground](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1937-used-2015-12-03-view_of_UofT_from_College_Street_1937crop2.jpg?itok=GLQJj2pu)
![room containing tables, chairs, and bookshelves](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1937-uc-fine-art-library.jpg?itok=GaGbRWcN)
![Yearbook photo and caption for Miriam Dworkin](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1939-torontonensis-miriam-dworkin-waddington.jpg?itok=eGZfjTIF)
![four men and two women around a desk with caption "University College Players' Guild Executive"](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1939-torontonensis-uc-players-guild-executive-including-frances-halpenny.jpg?itok=F7tKtVWF)
![two young women in coats, with Whitney Hall behind them](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1939ish-ph1248-used-2018-06-28-two-residents-outside-whitney-hall-between-1938-and-1941.jpg?itok=UNaH-la_)
![Two young women and two young men](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1940-class-of-1940-permanent-executive.jpg?itok=nZPfOowJ)
![Three couples dancing under a handwritten sign that says "Rug Cutting Dept. Enter at your own risk"](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1941-ph2740-student-dance-rug-cutting-dept.jpg?itok=NhgUV3eE)
![Men and women dancing in front of the main entrance of University College](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1941-ph356-used-2015-04-02-couples-dancing-outside-UC-1941.jpg?itok=hjotRAKZ)
![Sixteen young women kneeling on floor to form the letters "UC"](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1940s-ph3898-used-2018-04-05-uc-follies-spelling-uc-1940s.jpg?itok=NoRXWxxU)
![Isabelle Balthazard](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1940s-ish-estimated-ph2438-isabelle-balthazard.jpg?itok=86AzKNmZ)
![Six young women working, two of whom are on the telephone.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1943-uc-bulletin-uc-women-gain-experience-at-the-university-ARP-headquarters-b.jpg?itok=DwGUDnWT)
![four young men looking out the window of a train, smiling and waving](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1943-uc-bulletin-train-to-wheat-fields-b.jpg?itok=eWBzeqLc)
![Six men with boxes of books and magazines, with a sign that says "U.C. Book Harvest for the Armed Services"](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1943-uc-bulletin-book-harvest-b.jpg?itok=xkX047Og)
![Group portrait of seven men and two women.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1944-Torontonensis-Mathematical-and-Physical-Society.jpg?itok=zGQVexjz)
![yearbook photo and limerick for Cathleen Synge](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/torontonensis-1945-cathleen-synge-photo-and-description_0.jpg?itok=x9QsKCpX)
![dozens of performers on stage, with musicians and conductor in the foreground](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1940sish-estimated-ph3244-uc-follies-performance.jpg?itok=gbD-P802)
![two women on stage holding placards that say "U.C. unfair to women" and "Co-education or bust" with several men in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1940sish-estimated-ph3221-uc-follies-performance.jpg?itok=ofmTl_lq)
![Yearbook page with more than 20 names and descriptions of graduating students](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1946-Torontonensis-page-24-including-Henry-Kreisel.jpg?itok=VC9IBeRq)
![Yearbook page with more than 20 photos of graduating students](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1946-Torontonensis-page-25-including-Henry-Kreisel.jpg?itok=QqYJqTgF)
![fourteen women wearing academic robes](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1946-torontonensis-uc-womens-undergraduate-association-b.jpg?itok=UzAtM1H0)
![Card which says "ADMIT TO THE DEAN'S CHRISTMAS PARTY, DECEMBER 18th, 1947, 8 o'clock, THE WOMEN'S UNION](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1947-document-used-2018-12-20-uc-womens-union-christmas-party-1947-12-18-iphone-resized.jpg?itok=lSGyUoPf)
![head shot of Jim Hackshaw in graduation robe](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/Torontonensis-1947-jim-hackshaw.jpg?itok=786Bdzd6)
![professor sitting at desk, with map and typewriter in background](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1947ish-ph2434-gilbert-bagnani.jpg?itok=rBZwcaml)
![five men in academic robes with caption "Law Club Executive, 1946-47" and names](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1947-torontonensis-uoft-law-club-executive.jpg?itok=n30GcCaA)
![Gilbert Norwood wearing a three-piece suit](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1949-ph785-used-2017-01-19-gilbert-norwood-circa-1949.jpg?itok=K_lAXYNT)
![Frances M.H. Norwood](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1949ish-ph784-used-2019-01-31-frances-norwood-circa-1949-cropped.jpg?itok=0O_H34a5)
![Nine young women in coats on steps outside Whitney Hall](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/ph1250-used-2018-12-13-women-students-outside-whitney-hall-1947-48.jpg?itok=U8fc-M1e)
![Two women on stage](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1948-ph4492-uc-players-guild-antigone-cropped.jpg?itok=fnW7LKFL)
![A woman placing a crown on a man's head, with sign in background that says "UNIVERSITY COLLEGE ARTS BALL"](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1940s-or-1950s-estimated-ph843-used-2017-02-09-UC-Arts-Ball-1940s-or-1950s-perhaps.jpg?itok=PGMO9XuQ)
![Aerial photo of campus with Queen's Park in distance](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_960/public/assets/images/1940sish-estimated-ph4625-used-2017-12-14-hart-house-and-queens-park-in-winter-view-from-above-uc.jpg?itok=nHTHDJLS)
Images from the 1930s and 1940s at University College (and the University of Toronto), compiled by the UC Librarian.