Laidlaw-Aerial-Oceanographics-Golf-so.-facade-dtl-WEB October 29, 2017 1400 × 975 Seattle Now & Then: The UW South Campus – Oars and Oceanography The aerial photographer Laidlaw recorded lots of revealing photos of the U.W. Campus, mostly in the 1930s. Here at the bottom-center, between Portage Bay and the U.W. golf course, stands the school’s new Oceanographics Building.