Harvard College portrait albums

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 1408", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"1408", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Harvard College portrait albums"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1855-1856", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1855/1856"}

physdesc

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abstract

{"value"=>"Two portrait albums, of the Harvard College Class of 1855 and of the Class of 1856. The Class of 1855 album belonged to George Foster Hodges. Both albums contain formal portrait photographs of selected students, faculty members, and views of the Harvard campus. Many pages include the autograph of the sitter, and most of these signatures date to the 1830s Harvard class albums of this era were not mass-produced, but instead contained their owner's selection of photographs. Albums would typically include photographs of campus, students, faculty and a few other people or places of significance to the compiler of the album"}

date_inclusive_start

1855

date_inclusive_end

1856

origination

{"value"=>"Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 1856", "type"=>"corpname"}

keydate

1855

prefercite

{"value"=>"Harvard College portrait albums, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

.56 linear feet (2 volumes)

date_start

1855

date_end

1856

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