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[Faculty marching to College Hall, Amherst, Mass.] – Vintage Print

[Faculty marching to College Hall, Amherst, Mass.], [1908?] — historic photograph
[Faculty marching to College Hall, Amherst, Mass.], [1908?]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

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Faculty members processing toward College Hall at Amherst, Massachusetts, make the subject of this glass-plate negative, which the Detroit Publishing Company catalogued under number 034850. The procession sits in the middle of the Amherst campus, where College Hall, built in 1822, was the oldest building of Amherst College and had long served as its main academic and administrative hall. Commercial photographers like the Detroit firm documented American towns, campuses and public events for sale as postcards and lantern slides, so the scene captures a formal academic ritual of the early twentieth century. The "1908?" date is an estimate, and the 8 x 10 inch negative keeps fine detail in the robes and the building.

Created / published[1908?]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. 4068" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034850. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsAuditoriums. Parades & processions. Universities & colleges. Teachers.United States--Massachusetts--Amherst.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67651

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