{"id":69920,"date":"2026-04-08T02:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T06:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=69920"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:06:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T19:06:27","slug":"vintage-spring-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/vintage-spring-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Flowers, Frisbees, and Fresh Air: Spring on the Hill, Across Decades"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">In our latest collection of vintage photos from the late 1900s and early 2000s, the campus revives after an Ithaca winter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>Joe Wilensky<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">One of Cornellians\u2019 enduring collective memories is each year\u2019s long-awaited\u2014and much-deserved\u2014arrival of spring. On the Hill, the change of seasons is often a meteorological struggle fought over many weeks, punctuated by teases of warmth amid winter\u2019s reluctance to retreat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aside from traditional milestones like Dragon and spring break, the first real signs sneak in slowly. Remember that first day when the afternoon temperature finally (if even briefly) reached the low 50s?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignwide is-style-solid-color\"><blockquote><p>The change of seasons is often a meteorological struggle fought over many weeks, punctuated by teases of warmth amid winter\u2019s reluctance to retreat.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But year after year, Cornellians remain optimistic\u2014taking any and all opportunities to eat outside, play Frisbee on a quad, or convince a professor to hold a class outdoors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our latest collection of vintage photos from the \u201980s, \u201990s, and early 2000s revisits spring on campus\u2014affirming that each year, winter truly does end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(Do you recognize someone\u2014or yourself!\u2014in these pre-social media photographs? Let us know in the comments!)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/DSCF3480-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"two students chat under a &quot;Cornell&quot; red-and-white umbrella with red tulips in the foreground in spring 1983\" class=\"wp-image-69902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/DSCF3480-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/DSCF3480-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/DSCF3480-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/DSCF3480-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, 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