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Glass plate negatives

Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Blodgett Hall

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Date
approximately 1929
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View of the euthenics building arch

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Bridge near Sunset Lake

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Date
1910-1940
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Wooden bridge leading to path around Sunset Lake

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Cambridge University and Vassar College debate teams

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Date
1924-10-09
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Members of the Cambridge and Vassar debate teams on the steps of Josselyn Hall. Left to right: A.P. Marshall, Mary Virginia Heinlein (VC 1925), Ruth Driver (VC 1926), Richard Austin Butler, Winifred Comstock (VC 1925), and Gerald Sparrow

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Campus viewed from Sunset Hill

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Date
1909-1938
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View from Sunset Hill of the tops of buildings. Cropped version of Box269_026

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Campus viewed from Sunset Hill

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Date
1909-1938
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View from Sunset Hill of the tops of buildings as well as the power plant chimney

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Caroline Ellen Furness

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Date
early 1930s
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Formal portrait of Vassar Professor Caroline Ellen Furness

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Caroline Ellen Furness

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Date
early 1930s
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Formal portrait of Vassar Professor Caroline Ellen Furness

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Caroline Ellen Furness

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Date
early 1930s
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Formal portrait of Vassar Professor Caroline Ellen Furness

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Caroline Ellen Furness in the Vassar College Observatory

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Date
1910s
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Caroline Furness, Astronomy Professor, in the observatory with Maria Mitchell's twelve inch Henry Fitz telescope. The telescope was later donated to the Smithsonian Institution

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Chapel cornerstone laying event

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Date
1902-10-04
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A crowd watching a crane lifting the cornerstone for the new building into place

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Chapel cornerstone laying event

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Date
1902-10-04
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A crowd watching a crane lift the new building's cornerstone into place. President James Monroe Taylor is visible in the foreground

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Chapel cornerstone laying event

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Date
1902-10-04
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A crowd watching a crane lift the new building's cornerstone into place

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Chapel Gate Dedication

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Date
1932-06-12
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Procession to the dedication of the Chapel Gate on Raymond Avenue, a gift of the Class of 1882

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Chapel Gate Dedication

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Date
1932-06-12
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Dedication of the Chapel Gate on Raymond Avenue, a gift of the Class of 1882

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Chapel Gate Dedication

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Date
1932-06-12
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Procession to the dedication of the Chapel Gate on Raymond Avenue, a gift of the Class of 1882

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Chapel Gate Dedication

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Date
1932-06-12
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Procession to the dedication of the Chapel Gate on Raymond Avenue, a gift of the Class of 1882

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Chapel Gate Dedication

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Date
1932-06-12
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Dedication of the Chapel Gate on Raymond Avenue, a gift of the Class of 1882

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Chapel Gate Dedication

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Date
1932-06-12
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Dedication of the Chapel Gate on Raymond Avenue, a gift of the Class of 1882

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Chapel Gate, Raymond Avenue

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Date
approximately 1932
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Chapel Gate on Raymond Avenue, a gift of the Class of 1882

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Class Day

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Date
1941-06-01
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Class Day exercises

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