From the Archives: Wet Plate Collodions

I was happily going down the aisles labeling boxes when I found a collection of Wet Plate Collodions, a very early photographic process dating back to the mid-19th century. Handling them carefully one by one, I realized they were some of the first images ever taken on the Hilltop. Look closely at the greenhouse that used to sit next to Goodhue. Construction of the Chapel. The original library inside of Goodhue with rows of desks adorned with books. Speaking of libraries, the hall in Minot Savage (where our Admissions office currently resides) was a library corridor. The original Grille Room in Philip Savage, that was originally called the “Boys Room”. Some of these places no longer exist and the remaining ones that do, are in some ways quite different from how they look today.