Phone Backgrounds for Gittleman Circle Members

In recognition of your consistent support, Gittleman Circle members have access to special Tufts downloads. With these images from the Gittleman Circle wall calendar, you can add some Jumbo spirit to your digital devices and transport yourself back to the Hill.

Click here for computer versions of these backgrounds.

Please note that all photos featuring more than one person were taken prior to 2020.

How to save an image on your phone:

  1. Click on a blue button to load the image in your mobile browser.
  2. Tap anywhere on the image, and hold your finger down.
  3. Choose the "save" prompt on your device.

How to use a saved image to customize your phone background:

For iOS devices

  1. Go to the 'Photos' app and select the background image you want to use.
  2. Click on the share icon on the lower left corner of the screen.
  3. Select 'Use as Wallpaper.'
  4. Select 'Set,' then choose either 'Set Lock Screen,' 'Set Home Screen,' or 'Both.'

For Android devices

  1. Press and hold a blank area on your home screen (where no apps are placed), and home screen options will appear.
  2. Select 'Add wallpaper.'
  3. A set of options will appear to choose where the background image will be coming from. Select Gallery.
  4. Choose the image from your Gallery.
  5. Choose either 'Home screen', 'Lock screen', or 'Home and lock screens.'
  6. Select 'Done' to save.

Photographs in the 2021 Gittleman Circle calendar are from the collections of Tufts Digital Collections and Archives.

Sol and Robyn Gittleman with students on the President’s Lawn, J. D. Sloan, UA252.005.022.00045

Jumbo with students sitting at a table, 1948, http://hdl.handle.net/10427/4206

Performers in the musical production of Hair, 1982, http://hdl.handle.net/10427/1693

A thesis project for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, April 23, 1930, Melville S. Munro, http://hdl.handle.net/10427/2185

Painted cannon welcoming incoming freshmen, 1992, http://hdl.handle.net/10427/2831

Construction of Cousens Gymnasium, 1931, Melville S. Munro, http://hdl.handle.net/10427/2556

Room of two Jackson students living in Graves House, May 13, 1932, Melville S. Munro, http://hdl.handle.net/10427/3443

Dean Stewart with Students, 1950, http://hdl.handle.net/10427/11948

 

Special thanks to Tracey Wright, J87, E19P, A24P, for helping to correct our records about the Hair cast photo featured in the 2021 calendar and for providing the photo of the actual 1985 cast.