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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection: Buildings and Grounds,1897-1939

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Images of the Vassar buildings (interior and exterior) and the landscapes of campus and the surrounding area. Highlights include views of Vassar Lake before the Raymond Avenue elevation change in 1966, the southeast portion of campus before Sunset Lake was created, Raymond Avenue before the Faculty Row houses were built, the living and research spaces in the Maria Mitchell Observatory, and maintenance staff harvesting ice with saws and horse-drawn ice plows. 

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Alumnae House

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Date
approximately 1924
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Alumnae House soon after completion in 1924

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Alumnae House groundbreaking

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Date
1921-06-20
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Groundbreaking for Alumnae House. Blanch Ferry Hooker (VC 1894) and Queene Ferry Coonley (VC 1896), the buidling's donors, are seated.

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Alumnae House groundbreaking

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Date
1921-06-20
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Procession to the "Rock Lot" for the Alumnae House groundbreaking

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Alumnae House groundbreaking

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1921-06-20
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Blanch Ferry Hooker (VC 1894) and Queene Ferry Coonley (VC 1896) wielding the spade at the groundbreaking for Alumnae House

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Alumnae House groundbreaking

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1921-06-20
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Blanch Ferry Hooker (VC 1894) and Queene Ferry Coonley (VC 1896) wielding the spade at the groundbreaking for Alumnae House

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Alumnae House groundbreaking

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1921-06-20
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Ground breaking for Alumnae House. Queene Ferry Coonley (VC 1896) is speaking. Her sister, Blanch Ferry Hooker (VC 1894) is seated with an unidentified woman

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Alumnae House groundbreaking

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1921-06-20
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Ground breaking for Alumnae House. Blanch Ferry Hooker (VC 1894) is speaking. Her sister, Queene Ferry Coonley (VC 1896), is seated with an unidentified woman

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Alumnae House sketch

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Date
1932-1940
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Copy photograph of a sketch of Alumnae House dated 1932

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Alumnae House sketch

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1932-1940
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Copy photograph of a sketch of Alumnae House dated 1932

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Astronomy students outside the Maria Mitchell Observatory

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Date
1925
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Three students using a telescope outside the observatory

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Astronomy students outside the Maria Mitchell Observatory

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Date
1925
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Six students using telescopes outside the observatory

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Astronomy students outside the Maria Mitchell Observatory

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1925
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Six students using telescopes outside the observatory

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Athletic Circle

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Date
1900-1920
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Circle of land at the north end of campus, used for track and field, basketball, and other sports. Either Strong House or Lathrop is visible in the background

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Athletic Circle garden

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Date
1900-1940
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Plot of irises in the gardens surrounding the Athletic Circle

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Blodgett Hall

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approximately 1929
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View of the euthenics building arch

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Blodgett Hall

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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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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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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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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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