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Havemeyer Hall, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. – Antique Print

Havemeyer Hall, Columbia University, New York, N.Y., c[between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
Havemeyer Hall, Columbia University, New York, N.Y., c[between 1900 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the New York City 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: Havemeyer Hall, Columbia University, New York, N.Y., preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Havemeyer Hall, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.

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Havemeyer Hall, a classical stone building on Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus, was named for the sugar refiner Henry O. Havemeyer, whose family gift helped pay for it. The campus was being rebuilt in this period as the university moved uptown from Madison Avenue, and the architects McKim, Mead & White shaped many of its buildings in a Beaux-Arts style. This 8 x 10 inch glass negative comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers documented American cities and landmarks in the early 1900s. The view shows how the new campus was meant to look: formal, orderly, and built to project the university's ambitions.

Created / publishedc[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. no. 071626. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsUniversities & colleges. Educational facilities.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-72930

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