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Phi Delta Theta House, Amherst College – Vintage Print

Phi Delta Theta House, Amherst College, [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
Phi Delta Theta House, Amherst College, [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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Phi Delta Theta House, Amherst College

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The Phi Delta Theta house at Amherst College is the subject here, a fraternity clubhouse on the campus in Amherst, Massachusetts, caught on an 8 x 10 inch glass negative made sometime between 1900 and 1910. The Detroit Publishing Company, which ran a large commercial photography business and produced many views of American towns, campuses and landmarks in those years, catalogued it under a numbered series. Fraternity houses like this one were central to student social life at New England colleges by the turn of the century, serving as both residences and gathering places. The negative passed through the State Historical Society of Colorado before reaching the Library of Congress in 1949.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
Notes4059" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070375. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsUniversities & colleges. Fraternities & sororities. Clubhouses.United States--Massachusetts--Amherst.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-71965

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