A new student at UCG, 1953

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Title: A new student at UCG, 1953
Identifier: VH0017
Depiction: A young man standing in a driveway with a neo-gothic building behind him.
Description: Pictured here is Frank Imbusch as a new student in UCG. The photograph conveys how relatively uncrowded the main campus was in the 1950s. Before the era of Open Days and orientation tours, arriving at University for the first time was a very different experience to the present one.
It was not until 1960 that student numbers passed 1,000 (Cois Coiribe, 2021). By 2023 there were over 18,000. There had been just 68 when the University opened its doors in 1849.
People: IMBUSCH, George Francis ('Frank')
References: '175 Years of Memorable Moments', Cois Coiribe, 4 June 2021, https://impact.universityofgalway.ie/articles/175-years-of-memorable-moments/, accessed 2023.06.16.
Contributor: IMBUSCH, George Francis ('Frank')See all items with this value
Bibliographic Citation: F. Imbusch, J. Conroy, ‘A new student at UCG, 1953’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 13612, Archival Record Id VHRS
Spatial Coverage: University of Galway, main entrance,
Temporal Coverage: 1953
Period: 1950s
Category: b&w; portrait; on-campus; outdoors
Subject: University of Galway; Buildings & estates; Main entrance
Keywords: undergraduates
Language: English
Publisher: University of Galway Library
Rights: This image may be used for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-SA see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Item sets: Frank Imbusch album; Visual History Retired Staff Collection IMAGES

Media: A new student at UCG, 1953.jpg