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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

Ice harvest, Vassar Lake

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Date
1900-1930
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Two men using a horse-drawn plow to remove snow from Vassar Lake

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Ice harvest, Vassar Lake

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Date
1900-1930
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One man guiding a horse-drawn plow to remove snow from Vassar Lake. Raymond Avenue faculty houses are in the background

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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 houses

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Date
1900-1930
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Ice houses on Vassar Lake

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Kendrick Hall

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Date
approximately 1927
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View of Kendrick Hall, a faculty housing building on Raymond Avenue

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Kendrick Hall

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Date
approximately 1927
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View of Kendrick Hall, a faculty housing building on Raymond Avenue

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Kendrick Hall

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approximately 1927
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View of Kendrick Hall, a faculty housing building on Raymond Avenue

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Kenyon Hall

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Date
1933-1940
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View of Kenyon Hall, a Vassar College gymnasium

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Kenyon swimming pool

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Date
late 1930s
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Swimmers in the swimming pool in Kenyon Hall

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Library lobby

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Date
late 1910s
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View of the college library lobby, including the fire place, the portrait of Frederick Ferris Thompson, and an unidentified statue

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Main Building

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Date
1910-1940
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View of Main Building through trees from the northwest

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Main Building

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Date
1925-1940
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View of Main Building from the north

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Main Building

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Date
1925-1940
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View of Main Building from the north

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Main Building

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Date
1910-1940
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View of Main Building from the southwest

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Main Building hallway

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Date
1917-1918
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Hallway with athletic event banners, including hockey, basketball, and track

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Man on Sunset Lake bridge

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Date
1910-1915
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Man standing on the wooden bridge on the north end of Sunset Lake

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Maria Mitchell bust, Maria Mitchell Observatory

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Date
1920-1936
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Bronze bust of astronomer and professor Maria Mitchell at the top of the stairs of the first Vassar observatory

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Maria Mitchell bust, Maria Mitchell Observatory

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Date
1920-1936
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Bronze bust of astronomer and professor Maria Mitchell at the top of the stairs of the first Vassar observatory

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Maria Mitchell Observatory interior

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Date
1900-1910
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Living space on the ground floor of the observatory, possibly when it was occupied by Professor Mary Whitney

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Maria Mitchell Observatory interior

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approximately 1925
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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

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