Pete Lowry's early candid photos

Images from a 1969-71 cache

12/8/2025

IN EARLY MLC YEARS, probably 1969 to 1971, alumnus Pete Lowry, then a teenager, carried around a Russian-made Zenit B single-lens reflex camera charged with Tri-X or Plus-X 35mm film. He shot roll after roll, capturing candid photos of friends and classmates, teachers and aides, around MLC and on field trips. Some of these he printed and passed around at the time but most have never seen the light of day, until now. Here are the first 25 of several hundred images, from negatives Pete kept in his collection. Some were slightly damaged in storage but did not lose their integrity. They provide a moving visual record of MLC's earliest community. Over time the remaining images will be cleaned, scanned, and posted here. Click each to view full size.

Please help us identify any unidentified, maybe-identified, or misidentified people in the photos! Thank you!

Teacher Dorothy Zarelli, who was at MLC 1970 to 1972.