Barnard College. Academic procession on Tree Day, Class of 1911, New York – Historic Print
(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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This rare historic photograph captures Barnard College. Academic procession on Tree Day, Class of 1911, New York in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Barnard College. Academic procession on Tree Day, Class of 1911, New York
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Few spring traditions at Barnard College were as visible as Tree Day, and this glass negative captures the academic procession of May 1908, when the Class of 1911 took part. Barnard, the women's college affiliated with Columbia University, had moved to its Morningside Heights campus only a few years earlier, so the scene reflects an institution still building its rituals. The photograph came from the Bain News Service, a commercial agency that supplied news pictures to newspapers, and its title is recorded as unverified, so the particulars of the event are worth checking against other sources.
| Created / published | 5/22/08. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,791 × 4,191 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-1713 |
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