Wellesley College From Harpers Weekly 1876 4, Massachusetts – Historic Map Reproduction
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A window into the past: Wellesley College From Harpers Weekly 1876 4, Massachusetts, preserved in this antique map. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Wellesley College From Harpers Weekly 1876 4, Massachusetts
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Wellesley College in 1876 was a young women's school in the country village of Wellesley, which then belonged to the town of Needham and did not become a separate town until 1881. Ada Howard, the college's first president, was leading a faculty that was still working out its courses and rules while the first students settled in on the hillside above Lake Waban. Farming and dairying shaped daily life in the surrounding countryside, and much of the land that now looks like a finished campus was then open fields and unfinished grounds. For families in eastern Massachusetts, sending a daughter to a four-year college with a demanding curriculum was still an unusual step, and the school's early years were followed closely across the region.
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Massachusetts |
| Original scan | 8,112 × 6,600 px · prints to 27 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | Wellesley College From Harpers Weekly 1876 4 |
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