Elmira College, Elmira, New York, 1909 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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 historic image of Elmira College, Elmira, New York, 1909 brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Elmira College, Elmira, N.Y.
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Elmira College, Elmira, New York, 1909
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Elmira College, in Elmira, New York, was already more than fifty years old in 1909, having been chartered in 1855 as the Elmira Female College, and it is often cited as one of the first institutions in the country authorized to grant degrees to women. The campus sat on the hills above a city that lived by the Erie and Northern Central railroads, whose shops and freight yards gave work to many residents. Elmira's factories also turned out bridge iron, agricultural machinery, and cigars, and the Chemung River valley below the college supplied water and transportation for those works. Many townspeople of the period would have known the college as a neighbor on the hill and as the place where Mark Twain's in-laws, the Langdons, hosted him at nearby Quarry Farm each summer.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | haines photo co. (conneaut, ohio) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--New York |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,576 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Elmira College, Elmira, N.Y. |
| Reference | NY 1909 Elmira College, Elmira |
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