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[Kent Chemical Laboratory and theater, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.] – Vintage Print

[Kent Chemical Laboratory and theater, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Kent Chemical Laboratory and theater, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.], [between 1900 and 1915]. Historic photograph from the Chicago 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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[Kent Chemical Laboratory and theater, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Kent Chemical Laboratory and theater, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.]

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The Kent Chemical Laboratory shared its quadrangle with a theater, a pairing that reflected the University of Chicago's early ambition to bring laboratory science and public lectures under one roof. The university opened in 1892 on a campus designed to look like an established English college, with Gothic-style stone buildings set around open lawns. This 8 by 10 inch glass negative comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that photographed American cities, landscapes and campuses for commercial sale in the early twentieth century. Notice the handwritten marks on the plate, which suggest it passed through the hands of more than one person before reaching the archive.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Behm" and "extra" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039425. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsUniversities & colleges. Educational facilities. Laboratories.United States--Illinois--Chicago.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69092

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