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Observatory, Mt. [Mount] Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass. – Antique Wall Art

Observatory, Mt. [Mount] Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass., [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
Observatory, Mt. [Mount] Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass., [between 1900 and 1910]. 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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A window into the past: Observatory, Mt. [Mount] Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass., preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Observatory, Mt. [Mount] Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass.

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Mount Holyoke College's observatory in South Hadley, Massachusetts, is the subject of this glass-plate negative, made by the Detroit Publishing Company sometime between 1900 and 1910. The company was a commercial photographic firm that produced large numbers of views of American towns, campuses and landmarks, often for sale as postcards and souvenir prints. Mount Holyoke, founded in 1837 as a women's seminary and later one of the earliest colleges for women in the country, had by this time built up its science teaching, and an observatory like this one reflected that emphasis. The 8 x 10 inch format was typical of the company's work and gives the image a good deal of detail in the building and its setting.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
Notes4087" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070350. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsUniversities & colleges. Astronomical observatories.United States--Massachusetts--South Hadley.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-71938

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