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[College Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.] – Historic Print

[College Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[College Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.], [between 1900 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Philadelphia collection.

(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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A window into the past: [College Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[College Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.]

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College Hall, the building that anchored the University of Pennsylvania's campus in West Philadelphia for much of its history, is the focus of this glass-plate negative made between 1900 and 1910. The picture comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm that photographed American cities, resorts and landmarks for postcards and illustrated books during those years. The company's large 8 by 10 inch glass negatives captured fine architectural detail, and this view shows the stone Gothic Revival hall as the university's administrators and visitors of the period would have known it. Its survival as a glass negative is itself worth noting, since such plates were fragile and many were lost over time.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. H 428" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034759. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsUniversities & colleges. Educational facilities.United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67569

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