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Mechanical laboratory, west side, U. of Va. – Historic Reproduction

Mechanical laboratory, west side, U. of Va., [between 1900 and 1906] — historic photograph
Mechanical laboratory, west side, U. of Va., [between 1900 and 1906]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

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Taken on the west side of the grounds at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, this view shows the Mechanical Laboratory, a working building for engineering instruction set among the older campus. Thomas Jefferson founded the university in 1819 and laid out its Academical Village of pavilions, lawns and colonnades, so a practical laboratory beside that classical plan makes an interesting contrast. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made large glass-plate views of American towns and campuses in the early 1900s, produced the picture.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1906]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDate based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). 2632-G" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018437. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsUniversity of Virginia--Buildings. Universities & colleges. Educational facilities.United States--Virginia--Charlottesville.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-61957

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