Wellesley College, engraved view in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1876 – Antique Map Print
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This rare antique map captures Wellesley College, engraved view in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1876 in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Wellesley College, engraved view in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1876
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Wellesley College in 1876 was barely a year old, having opened in 1875 as a women's college on a rural estate in the village of Wellesley, about a dozen miles west of Boston. Its founder, the lawyer Henry Fowle Durant, had built it on the shore of Lake Waban, and the campus was still taking shape around a large Gothic-style main building. Readers of Harper's New Monthly Magazine would have encountered it at a moment when higher education for women was still widely debated in New England, and the college's bold claim to offer young women a full academic course drew both interest and skepticism. The surrounding countryside was farmland and small estates, served by the Boston and Albany rail line, so the college stood apart from the mill towns and factory districts of the same state.
| Created / published | 1876 |
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| Original scan | 1,176 × 1,875 px · prints to 4 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | Wellesley College From New Monthly Magazine 1876 |
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