Reunion
Class of 1882 group portrait in front of their fiftieth reunion gift, the Chapel Gate on Raymond Avenue
Class of 1882 group portrait in front of their fiftieth reunion gift, the Chapel Gate on Raymond Avenue
Class of 1916 in the Alumnae Parade
Class of 1868 and the Class of 1873 in the Alumnae Parade
Class of 1918 in the Alumnae Parade
Class of 1893 at the Alumnae Parade
Class of 1903 in the Alumnae Parade
Class of 1892 and the Class of 1893 in the Alumnae Parade
Class of 1906 in the Alumnae Parade
Class of 1917 group portrait at reunion
Class of 1898 at the Alumnae Parade
Class of 1914 in the 1823 Alumnae Parade
Class of 1917 in the Alumnae Parade
Class of 1913 at the Alumnae Parade
Group portrait of the cadets from the military school in Poughkeepsie, New York
View of Rockefeller Hall while undergoing renovations
View of Rockefeller Hall through trees from the southwest
View of Rockefeller Hall from the south
Private room, possibly a student's or faculty member's, with a piano, hanging fur pelt, and an animal skin with an image of a Native American
Stream, possibly the Casperkill or Fonteynkill
Sarcophagus in Taylor Hall
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