This aerial shows the Bates campus and the cities of Lewiston and Auburn in the distance, in April 1928.

Click or tap the garnet buttons to learn what we saw as we virtually soared above a campus where buildings like Dana Chemistry Hall and Pettengill Hall were years away, the baseball diamond was tucked inside the football field at Garcelon, and a huge smokestack stood tall just few steps away from Hathorn Hall.