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[The Low Library, Columbia University, New York] – Antique Wall Art

[The Low Library, Columbia University, New York], [1905?] — historic photograph
[The Low Library, Columbia University, New York], [1905?]. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

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Few buildings on the Columbia University campus sit as squarely at its center as the Low Library, whose domed neoclassical bulk anchors the open lawn of the South Field. Designed by the firm McKim, Mead & White and completed in 1897, it was named for Seth Low, the university's president, and was built as a library before it took on administrative duties. The Detroit Publishing Company, known for its large-format views of American cities and landmarks, made this glass negative around 1905, though the record dates it with a question mark. The picture shows the building in the early years of the Morningside Heights campus, when its design was still new to the growing university.

Created / published[1905?]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. 2845 G" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033877. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsUniversities & colleges. Libraries.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67032

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