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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

Vassar Chapel and Vassar Lake

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Date
1904-1912
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View of Vassar Chapel from the west across Vassar Lake and Raymond Avenue

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Vassar Chapel cloisters

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Date
approximately 1912
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View of the President's House and Main Building through the cloisters at the front of the chapel

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Vassar Chapel entrance

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Date
1906-1915
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Copy photograph of the Vassar Chapel entrance from the south west

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Vassar Chapel interior

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Date
1905-1920
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One of the two stained glass windows designed by Robert Leftwich Dodge, which sit on either side of the chapel's organ

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Vassar Chapel Rose Window

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Date
1906-1920
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Stained glass window designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany for the chapel

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Vassar Chapel Rose Window

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Date
1906-1920
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Stained glass window designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany for the chapel

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Vassar Chapel sketch

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Date
1932-1940
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Copy photograph of a sketch of the Vassar College Chapel dated 1932

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Vassar Lake path

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Date
1900-1930
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Walking path through pine trees around Vassar Lake

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Vassar Lake path

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Date
1900-1930
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Walking path through pine trees on the banks of Vassar Lake

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View of Sunset Hill

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Date
approximately 1909
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Sunset Hill as viewed from Sanders Chemistry Building, now Sanders Classroom Building

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View of Sunset Hill after a snow storm

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Date
1909
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Sunset Hill in snow as viewed from Sanders Chemistry Building, now Sanders Classroom Building

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View of Sunset Hill through trees

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Date
1910-1940
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Sunset Hill as viewed from Sanders Chemistry Building, now Sanders Classroom Building

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Williams House groundbreaking, Vassar College

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Date
1921-04-15
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Ground breaking for Williams House, a new building for faculty housing. Harriet Trumbull Williams (VC 1870) and President MacCracken stand in the center and students look on. There is also an unidentified man holding what appear to be building plans.

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Williams House groundbreaking, Vassar College

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1921-04-15
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Ground breaking for Williams House, a new building for faculty housing. Harriet Trumbull Williams (VC 1870) wields the spade while President MacCracken and students look on. There is also an unidentified man holding what appear to be building plans.

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Williams House groundbreaking, Vassar College

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1921-04-15
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Ground breaking for Williams House, a new building for faculty housing. Dean Ella McCaleb is speaking. Harriet Trumbull Williams (VC 1870), President MacCracken, and students look on.

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Wisteria

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Date
1900-1940
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Wisteria growing on the side of a brick building, perhaps the observatory or Ely Hall

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Wooded glen

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Date
1900-1940
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Wooded area behind the observatory

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Wooded glen

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Date
1900-1940
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Wooded area with the observatory in the background

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Writing desk

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Date
1910-1915
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Small desk, possibly in a student's room, with a gas-powered lamp

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Writing desk

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Date
1915-1940
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Small desk, possibly in a student's room

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