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Gold Dome of Administration Building, University of Notre Dame, [South Bend, Indiana] – Vintage Photo Print

Gold Dome of Administration Building, University of Notre Dame, [South Bend, Indiana], [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
Gold Dome of Administration Building, University of Notre Dame, [South Bend, Indiana], [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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Gold Dome of Administration Building, University of Notre Dame, [South Bend, Indiana] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Gold Dome of Administration Building, University of Notre Dame, [South Bend, Indiana]

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The gold dome that crowns the Administration Building at the University of Notre Dame stands out as the single most recognizable architectural feature on the South Bend campus, and it is the detail that sets this view apart from other campus pictures. The building was completed in 1879 in the Second Empire style with its mansard-roofed dome, and the gilded finish has long made it a landmark visible across the surrounding Indiana countryside. The caption card for this print records no date, so the photograph's exact age remains uncertain, but its subject reflects a campus whose central building was already a symbol of the school's identity.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,159 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-159952

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