Item is a photograph of the Dalhousie University class of 1896 in their first year. The photograph shows Campbell; Marchall; Baker; A. C. Hill; Hetherington; Chisholm; Forbes; MacDonald; Murray; McKae; MacGregor; Stirling; McKay; Cummings; Johnston; Robb; Hood; Maxwell; Cock; Sutherland; Grant; Ross; McKinnon; Kennedy; Mitchell; Mahon; Ross; McIntosh; Bell; and Morrison sitting, standing, or reclining in several rows. The photograph includes James Robinson Johnston, Dalhousie's first African Nova Scotia graduate.
Item is a composite photograph of the Dalhousie University class of 1896. The photograph consists of portraits of E. Mahon; M. McNeill; G. A. Grant; N. Graham Oakes; R. M. McGregor; D. Baker; B. Cumming; J. A. C. Rodgerson; W. D. Currie; W. R. McKay; J. C. Murray; A. G. Cummings; A. Hill; L. Marshall; A. W. Murray; Thos. Irving; W. D. Ross; Jas. R. Johnstone; R. F. Ross; J. R. Douglas; W. M. Sedgwick; G. A. Sutherland; J. S. M. Morrison; W. A. McDonald; D. McIntosh; G. Dickie; W. C. Murdoch; A. M. Campbell; A. D. Stirling; M. McKay; L. Davidson; D. M. McRae; and Hill arranged around the border of an image of the library interior with students in academic robes. The photograph includes James Robinson Johnston, Dalhousie's first African Nova Scotia graduate.