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Take a stroll around BSC’s campus in 2013, and you’ll find students checking their emails,
sifting through Facebook and Twitter feeds, and tapping away on smart phones, tablets, and iPads.
In the early 1900s, postcards were the medium of choice to send simple messages to loved ones
and friends. Though postcards are still alive and well, here are a few records
of campus and student life “back then.”
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CLASSNOTES
Birmingham-Southern College was
formed during World War I by
the merging of Southern University
and Birmingham College.
This postcard contains a personal,
handwritten note by a student
and has SU’s traditional purple
and white colors. Notice the
1 cent stamp!
BSC’s former art building opened
in June 1965 and enabled
broadening of the art curriculum
to include, for the first time,
sculpture and graphics.
