View of Arch A, Oberlin, Ohio, 1909 – Vintage Wall Art
(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: View of Arch A, Oberlin, Ohio, 1909, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: View of Arch "A", Oberlin, Ohio
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View of Arch A, Oberlin, Ohio, 1909
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Oberlin, Ohio, in 1909 was a small college town in Lorain County, where Oberlin College shaped daily life more than any factory or mill did. The college, founded in 1833, had long been known for admitting Black students and women, and the town's abolitionist record, including its role in the Underground Railroad and the 1858 Oberlin-Wellington Rescue, was still a point of local pride. Residents of the period knew the place as much for its college, its churches, and its commitment to reform as for its farms and its trade with the surrounding countryside. The arch on the college grounds, raised in the 1880s to honor Oberlin men who died in the Civil War, was one of the campus landmarks that townspeople and students passed every day.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | r.w. johnston studios |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Ohio |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,134 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | View of Arch "A", Oberlin, Ohio |
| Reference | OH 1909 View of Arch A, Oberlin |
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