Monticello Seminary, Alton, Illinois, 1908 – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Step back in time with Monticello Seminary, Alton, Illinois, 1908, a historic image rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Monticello Seminary, Alton, Ill.
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Monticello Seminary, Alton, Illinois, 1908
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Monticello Seminary, photographed in Alton, Illinois, in 1908, was a long-established school for young women on the bluffs above the Mississippi River. Alton sat across the river from St. Louis and was a working river city, with rail lines, grain and flour milling, brickmaking, and a growing range of factories. Schools like Monticello drew students from farm families and town households across southern Illinois and beyond, and their campuses were points of local pride. In 1908 the seminary's grounds and buildings would have been known to residents as a fixture of the Alton community, part of a wider Progressive-era push to give women more formal education.
| Created / published | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Creator | wiseman, w. h. (william h.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Illinois |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,296 × 1,053 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Monticello Seminary, Alton, Ill. |
| Reference | IL Monticello Seminary, Alton, 1908 |
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