Mandolin Club
Members of the student musical group with their mandolins, banjos, ukuleles, and other stringed instruments
Members of the student musical group with their mandolins, banjos, ukuleles, and other stringed instruments
Members of the student musical group with their mandolins, guitars, ukuleles, and other stringed instruments
Members of the student musical group with their mandolins, banjos, ukuleles, and other stringed instruments
Bronze bust of astronomer and professor Maria Mitchell at the top of the stairs of the first Vassar observatory
Bronze bust of astronomer and professor Maria Mitchell at the top of the stairs of the first Vassar observatory
Living space on the ground floor of the observatory while it was occupied by Professor Caroline Furness. A console radio and Western Electric loudspeaker are visible at the back right
Living space on the ground floor of the observatory while it was occupied by Professor Caroline Furness
Living space on the ground floor of the observatory while it was occupied by Professor Caroline Furness
Living space on the ground floor of the observatory, possibly when it was occupied by Professor Mary Whitney
Professor Caroline Ellen Furness and two students in the clock and chronograph room. Furness is seated at a desk, one student is at the chronograph, and the other is in front of the clock
Living space on the ground floor of the observatory, possibly when it was occupied by Professor Mary Whitney
Two prints of the observatory rephotographed on one glass plate. One print is of the interior and one of the exterior
Two prints of the exterior of the observatory rephotographed on one glass plate
Copy photograph of an 1877 photograph of Mary D. Dodge (VC 1901), aged 16 months
Professor Mary Watson Whitney seated at a desk in the observatory's clock and chronograph room
Field of study: Women's Studies. Current occupation: Retired. Born in Hudson Valley; Graduate School at UMass Amherst; Moved to the Bronx; Moved back to Hudson Valley
Class of 1922 students doing a May Pole dance on May Day
Class of 1922 students doing a May Pole dance on May Day
Class of 1936 students doing a May Pole dance
Class of 1936 students doing a May Pole dance
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