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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

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

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Cornaro Window, Thompson Memorial Library

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Date
1910-1940
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Stained glass window depicting the Lady Elena Lucretia Cornaro-Piscopia

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Cupid and Psyche tapestry, Vassar College Library

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Date
1910-1940
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One of a set of five seventeenth century tapestries depicting the story of Cupid and Psyche

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Cupid and Psyche tapestry, Vassar College Library

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Date
1910-1940
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One of a set of five seventeenth century tapestries depicting the story of Cupid and Psyche

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Cupid and Psyche tapestry, Vassar College Library

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Date
1910-1940
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One of a set of five seventeenth century tapestries depicting the story of Cupid and Psyche

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Cupid and Psyche tapestry, Vassar College Library

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Date
1910-1940
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One of a set of five seventeenth century tapestries depicting the story of Cupid and Psyche

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Cupid and Psyche tapestry, Vassar College Library

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Date
1910-1940
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One of a set of five seventeenth century tapestries depicting the story of Cupid and Psyche

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Cupid and Psyche tapestry, Vassar College Library

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1910-1940
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One of a set of five seventeenth century tapestries depicting the story of Cupid and Psyche

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Davison Hall

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Date
1902-1912
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View of Davison Hall, a Vassar College dormitory, from the west

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Faculty houses on Raymond Avenue

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Date
1905-1915
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Faculty houses on Raymond Avenue while it was still a dirt road. Includes current houses numbered 81, 83, 85 and 87

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Ice harvest, Vassar Lake

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Date
1900-1930
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Two men with an ice plow hooked to a horse on Vassar Lake

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Ice harvest, Vassar Lake

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Date
1900-1930
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Men cutting ice on Vassar Lake and running it up a belt to be stored in the ice houses

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