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Aerial view of Gustavus Adolphus College

Aerial view of Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, 1954. Photograph by Minneapolis Start Journal Tribune.

Gustavus Adolphus College campus

Gustavus Adolphus College campus, St. Peter, ca. 1945.

New gymnasium at Gustavus Adolphus College

New gymnasium at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, 1922.

Gustavus Adolphus College buildings

Gustavus Adolphus College buildings (Old Main and Auditorium), St. Peter, ca. 1908.

Tug-of-war between the cities of Minneapolis and St. Peter

Cartoon showing the tug-of-war between the cities of Minneapolis and St. Peter for the location of the new Gustavus Adolphus College, from Manhem: Gustavus Adolphus Annual, 1904.

Old Main

Old Main, the first building at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, 1877.

Gustavus Adolphus College, the dream of Swedish immigrants, began as a humble secondary school in Red Wing with one student in 1862. Relocated to St. Peter in 1876, it has flourished as one of Minnesota's private liberal arts colleges.