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1. OAC Cadet officers posing by the Administration Building (Benton Hall) front staircase
OAC Cadet officers posing by the Administration Building (Benton Hall) front staircase
Description
Cadet officers posing for portrait below steps of Administration Building (Benton Hall). Uniforms show large chevrons on sleeves and forage caps. The image can be dated before 1899 renovation of Benton Hall (brick facade still visible).
2. OAC cadets drilling with rifles, Benton Hall in background, circa 1907
OAC cadets drilling with rifles, Benton Hall in background, circa 1907
Description
OAC cadets drilling on lower campus field. Benton Hall, water tank, and smokestack of power plant (now Owens hall) in the background. Good detail of Education Hall to the left of photo. Men are drilling with rifles held overhead, led by cadet officer with sabre.
3. OAC cadet formation in front of Benton Hall, circa 1895
OAC cadet formation in front of Benton Hall, circa 1895
Description
Cadets in review in front of Benton Hall. Uniforms date prior to 1900. Longer rifled muskets of 1880s vintage. Uniforms include the older "forage cap" still in use dating to Civil War.
4. OAC cadets with caisson/limbers, Benton Hall in background, circa 1905
OAC cadets with caisson/limbers, Benton Hall in background, circa 1905
Description
Cadet formation on lower campus showing two caisson/limbers. Uniforms of the 1900-1909 period with high collars of white shirts, early style campaign hats, and shoulder epaulette rank insignias. Benton Hall in background has been converted to stucco from the original brick, dating later than 1899. Early style caissons are for ceremonial purposes/training with horse teams and not set up for artillery.
5. Campus view of bandstand and Pharmacy Building, circa 1920
Campus view of bandstand and Pharmacy Building, circa 1920
Description
Campus view showing quad area with bandstand at right. Pharmacy Building and Benton Hall in background. Photograph is probably vintage 1920s and appears not to show any military formations or cadets.
6. Cadets walking line abreast on lower campus, circa 1920
Cadets walking line abreast on lower campus, circa 1920
Description
Group of cadets walking line abreast across field below Benton Hall. Based on uniform caps the post-WWI era is indicated. Officer walking toward the group is wearing the WWI era puttee wrap leggings. This group is probably "policing" the field (looking for trash to pick up). Benton Hall in background.
7. Cadets running with rifles on lower campus, circa 1920
Cadets running with rifles on lower campus, circa 1920
Description
Cadets running with rifles with fixed bayonets on lower campus. Benton Hall is in background. Uniforms with field caps and leggings are of the early 1920s vintage. Photograph may be related to Inspection Day demonstrations of military tactics.
8. Inspection Company I, 1910
Inspection Company I, 1910
Description
Inspection of cadet troops on lower campus with Education building in background. Cadets are wearing pre-WWI brimmed caps and canvas leggings. Rifles being inspected in back row have fixed bayonets. Notation in bottom right corner is Inspection Co. I '10. Reverse of card is addressed to Miss Esther Graham, Newport Oregon.
9. Cadet regiment below Benton Hall, circa 1915
Cadet regiment below Benton Hall, circa 1915
Description
Cadets in formation on lower field below Benton Hall. Real photo postcard. Based on the leggings and service caps, uniforms could be pre-WWI (era 1912-17). Detail of formation shows a full regimental inspection, with entire cadet corps in attendance.
10. Cadet company marching on parade field, circa 1920
Cadet company marching on parade field, circa 1920
Description
Cadet company marching on parade field, Inspection Day.
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