Stories about "Then and Now"

Then and Now: Vintage George French campus images (then) and gorgeous fall colors (now)
Friday, October 25, 2024 4:02 pm
This edition of Then and Now presents early 20th-century Bates images by famed Maine photographer George French, Class of 1908, and images taken this week during the waning days of a gorgeous fall foliage season.

Then and Now: A photo tour around the Bates Quad
Thursday, November 4, 2021 1:57 pm
Once around the Quad, shall we? Here’s an interactive look at historical images of Bates buildings around the Historic Quad paired with images taken this week.

Then and Now: Bates buildings and places, Reunion 2021 edition
Friday, June 4, 2021 11:38 am
Prepared as part of Reunion 2021 programming, an interactive look at a few Bates buildings and spaces as they looked years ago, and now.

Then and Now: winter Bates campus then, colorful autumn now
Wednesday, October 30, 2019 11:00 am
One moment, it can feel like winter. Then, shazam!, we're enveloped in a cocoon of color and light.

Then and Now: The Bates ginkgo tree sheds its leaves
Thursday, November 16, 2017 11:50 am
As ginkgo trees do, the one outside Carnegie Science Hall, across from Chase Hall, shed all its leaves within a few hours on Nov. 9.

Then and Now: Garcelon Field in the 1930s and right now
Wednesday, November 1, 2017 12:00 pm
What's different and what's the name about these two photographs of Garcelon Field taken about 80 years apart?

Compare the look of 10 Bates places in winter (snow!) and right now (green!)
Monday, May 22, 2017 5:21 pm
Here’s an interactive look comparing the look of 10 Bates places in the depths of winter and again this week.

Six Bates places back then (under construction) and now (wow!)
Wednesday, September 28, 2016 2:24 pm
Take an interactive, then-and-now look at a six Bates places that have seen great changes over the years.