Vassar College Junior-Senior Boatride

Students preparing to serve punch and doughnuts aboard the steamer Seagate (misdated by photographer)
Students preparing to serve punch and doughnuts aboard the steamer Seagate (misdated by photographer)
Students dancing aboard the steamer Seagate
Students gathered aboard the steamer Seagate. Some are in costume including one person in blackface
Students gathered aboard the steamer Seagate. Some are in costume including one person in blackface
The steamer Seagate docked at Poughkeepsie before the Junior-Senior Boatride
Unidentified group of eight young women, could be international students
Unidentified group of eight young women who could be international students
Group of 11 students, including Sieu Tzu Tsa and Helen Rex MacGowan, both Class of 1920
Group of 11 students, including Sieu Tzu Tsa and Helen Rex MacGowan, both Class of 1920
Copy photograph of an unidentified group of students outside in turtlenecks, possibly at Lake Mohonk
Walking path through pine trees around Vassar Lake
Walking path through pine trees on the banks of Vassar Lake
Copy photograph of an unidentified student in a wooded area leaning on a branch, possibly at Lake Mohnk
Copy photograph a group of students outside in turtlenecks, possibly at Lake Mohonk
Copy photograph a group of students outside in turtlenecks having a picnic, possibly at Lake Mohonk
Sunset Hill as viewed from Sanders Chemistry Building, now Sanders Classroom Building
Sunset Hill in snow as viewed from Sanders Chemistry Building, now Sanders Classroom Building
Sunset Hill as viewed from Sanders Chemistry Building, now Sanders Classroom Building
Wisteria growing on the side of a brick building, perhaps the observatory or Ely Hall
Copy photograph of a woman putting water in a steam-powered automobile
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