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Fraternity House (Beta Theta Pi), U. of M[ichigan], Ann Arbor, Mich. – Antique Wall Art

Fraternity House (Beta Theta Pi), U. of M[ichigan], Ann Arbor, Mich., c1908. — historic photograph
Fraternity House (Beta Theta Pi), U. of M[ichigan], Ann Arbor, Mich., c1908.. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Fraternity House (Beta Theta Pi), U. of M[ichigan], Ann Arbor, Mich., a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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A Beta Theta Pi fraternity house on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor is the subject here, recorded around 1908 on an 8 x 10 inch glass negative. By the first decade of the 1900s, fraternity clubhouses were a familiar part of college life across the country, giving members a place to live, dine and socialize. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this view, sold scenes of American towns, universities and landscapes to travelers and publishers, so the picture also shows how a campus institution presented itself to the public at the time.

Created / publishedc1908.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesH 271" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070560. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsUniversity of Michigan. Universities & colleges. Fraternities & sororities. Clubhouses.United States--Michigan--Ann Arbor.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 800 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-72142

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