colleges and universities

Gore Hall, Harvard College - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Syracuse University - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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The Officer in charge, U.S. Naval Academy

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[Sage c]hapel, Cornell University

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Ball room decorations, U.S. Naval Academy

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"Football & love" A story of the Yale-Princeton game of '94 by Butt W....

Poster shows a woman and winged boy tossing a football. Gift; Frances B. Johnston; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46065)

[The Gymnasium, Yale College, Conn.]

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[Dress parade, U.S. Naval Academy]

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Massachusetts Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge

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Havemeyer Hall, Columbia College, New York

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

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Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia University, N.Y.

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Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia College, New York

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Wilder Hall, Dartmouth College - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

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Graduation day at U.S. Naval Academy. Annapolis, Md. June 1. Admiral W...

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Culver Hall, Dartmouth College - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

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Memorial Hall, Harvard University. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

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John Davison Rockefeller, 1839-1937

Bust, facing right; in oval. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1901 May 18). No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf.

Osborn Hall, Yale College - Victorian era public domain image

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The gymnasium, Yale College, New Haven, Conn.

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U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis: artillery drill

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Boats...; Telegraph; Artillery; Military education; Pres. I.... More

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis: Learning the ropes

4 midshipmen and instructor teaching them about ropes on ship. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracing... More

Library and Hall of Languages, Syracuse University

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Class of '77 Gate, Harvard University, Massachusetts.

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Five men posed, standing with golf clubs, possibly John D. Rockefeller...

H68263 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[8-oar shell race between Harvard and Cambridge. Cambridge, Massachuse...

Group portrait with mascot dog. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.

[Harvard Medical College (School), Boston, Massachusetts.]

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Harvard vs. Yale, Yale Field, New Haven, Conn., Nov. 21, 1908

H119248 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; December 9, 1908; DLC/PP-1909:43659. Copyright claimant's address: 1370 Broadway, New York. No. 1378.

Taft at head of academic procession, Yale, New Haven

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[John Davison Rockefeller, 1839-1937, head-and-shoulders portrait, pro...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

J.D. Rockefeller, Jr. - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NAVAL ACADEMY, U.S. TOGO - Public domain demonstration photograph

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland]

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[Treasure room, Widener Library at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass...

Photograph shows the treasure room in the Harry E. Widener library at Harvard University. J210073 U.S. Copyright Office.

Yale University, Samuel F.B. Morse and Ezra Stiles Colleges, New Haven...

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JAPANESE MISSION TO U.S. VISIT TO NAVAL ACADEMY

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University of Chicago Law School, 1955-63. Law School detail

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U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, Panoramic Photograph

J237189 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Bert Picot; 1919. Copyright claimant's address: 15 Fourth Ave., B'klyn., N.Y.

[Class of 1905, Columbia College, in alumni procession. 1920]

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J. Walsh, Georgetown - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Harvard Club, N.Y. - A black and white photo of an old building

J241638 U.S. Copyright Office. Harvard Club with Hotel Seymour in background, New York City. Copyright by American Studio, N.Y. No. 504.

Members of the U.S. Olympic Boxing Team call at the W.H. [i.e., White ...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale / photo. by Bain News Service, New York.

Half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right. George Grantham Bain Collection.

Secretary of Navy presents commissions to graduates of U.S. Naval Acad...

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Schools. Davenport College, Yale University, dining room with figures,...

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Naval Academy graduates discard their midshipman's caps for those of e...

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This called class work, Wash. D.C. The bright collection of sailing ve...

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[U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland]

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Georgetown University to have brain institute. Washington, D.C., Sept....

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Last Austrian Minister to lecture at Georgetown University. Washington...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Maxwell School of Citizenship, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York...

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Maxwell School of Citizenship, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York...

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College of Medicine, Syracuse, New York. Entrance facade, sharp I

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Silliman College, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Dining hall...

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Brander Matthews Hall, Columbia University. General exterior, from rig...

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New York, New York. The Lincoln School of Teachers' College, Columbia ...

Public domain scan of an old vintage map, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

New York, New York. The Lincoln School of Teachers' College, Columbia ...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York, New York. The Lincoln School of Teachers' College, Columbia ...

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New York, New York. The Lincoln School of Teachers' College, Columbia ...

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Mess hall scene

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Annapolis, Maryland. Officers of the midshipmen's regiment, U.S. Naval...

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U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Practicing lacrosse

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Nation's Business. Georgetown University classroom

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Georgetown University. White-Gravenor Hall, Georgetown University

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Lamont Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Third le...

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Lamont Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Referenc...

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Laboratory of Nuclear Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. E...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an office building, commercial building, 20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Betts House, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut]

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Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

[Marquand Chapel, Yale University, New Haven], Connecticut

Date provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Geo... More

Carol M. Highsmith - Georgetown University buildings, Washington, D.C.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Carol M. Highsmith - U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Georgetown University's flagship building, Healy Hall, Washington, D.C...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Named for its president, Patrick Francis Healy, at the ... More

Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. On October 1, 1891, Stanford University opened its doors after six years of planning and building. The first student body consisted of 555 men and women, ... More

Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. On October 1, 1891, Stanford University opened its doors after six years of planning and building. The first student body consisted of 555 men and women, ... More

The two leading college presidents--Eliot of Harvard and Hadley of Yal...

Stereograph showing college presidents, Charles Eliot and Arthur Hadley, walking in graduation procession with other professors; spectators watching from landing. H30232 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1903 by... More

University of Pennsylvania, Smith Walk, Bounded by Walnut, Thirty-thir...

Significance: The landscaped walk that is now called Smith Walk preceded the campus plan of 1913 that set the goal of using buildings to frame space. With Hamilton Walk on the south side of the University of Pe... More

[University of Pennsylvania, Main Building and Library, Philadelphia, ...

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University of Pennsylvania, Furness Building, Philadelphia, Philadelph...

Survey number: HABS PA-1644 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dartmouth College, Reed Hall, Hanover, Grafton County, NH

Significance: Built in 1839, Reed Hall is one of the oldest surviving buildings at Dartmouth. The building was designed by Ammi B. Young who had designed the adjacent Thomas and Wentworth Halls eleven years ea... More

Yale Varsity Crew and substitutes, Panoramic Photograph

J141101 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Notman Photo Co.; May 9, 1910; DLC/PP-1910:44056. Copyright claimant's address: Boston.

Princeton University, Alexander Hall, Nassau Street & Palmer Square, P...

Survey number: HABS NJ-788 Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Princeton University, Borough Hall, 50 Stockton Street, Princeton, Mer...

Significance: Built in 1825 and held by members of the same family, man of whom were prominent in local, State, and National affairs, until it was left for the use of "The People of Princeton", by Mrs. Swann ... More

Mount Saint Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Md., July, 1863

Photograph shows a large crowd of men and boys posed in front of a building. No. 7234. Photographer identified in Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob ... More

U.S. Naval Academy, Academy Chapel, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD

Significance: One of the major components of Ernest Flagg's grandiose plan for the Naval Academy. The chapel is a large and imposing exercise in the beaux-arts style. Its copper clad dome dominates the ground... More

University of Pennsylvania, College Hall, Woodland Avenue, Philadelphi...

Significance: A good example of Collegiate Gothic architecture, a popular style of college architecture, which was especially in vogue during the post Civil War years when new colleges and universities were bei... More

U.S. Naval Academy, Superintendent's Quarters, Annapolis, Anne Arundel...

Significance: With the companion Administration Building on the opposite side of the Chapel, the Superintendent's Quarters forms an important part of Ernest Flagg's Beaux-Arts scheme for the United States Naval... More

Annapolis and the Naval Academy from the State House dome

J152952 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; W. H. Wallace; March 8, 1911; DLC/PP-1911:44235.

George Washington Whittemore House, 329 Harvard Street, Cambridge, Mid...

Significance: House was originally remarkable for extensive use of exterior papier mache ornament. Front and side eaves of main block, and cupola were trimmed with molded papier mache "gingerbread" mounted on ... More

Harvard College, Hollis Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, Middlesex Count...

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Stanford University Library, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Santa Cla...

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Stanford University Library, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Santa Cla...

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Stanford University Library, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Santa Cla...

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Stanford University Library, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Santa Cla...

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Stanford University Library, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Santa Cla...

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Stanford University Library, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Santa Cla...

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University of Pennsylvania, Dental Hall, 3300 Smith Walk, Philadelphia...

Significance: The Dental Hall was the first purpose-built school of dentistry in the United States. When the Dental School moved to a new building in 1915, it was converted to house the School of Architecture, ... More

Harvard University Team, 1904 - Public domain portrait print

Harvard University baseball team posed: Thornton, Asst. Mgr (#1); Frantz, Coach (#2); McMaster, Trainer (#3); Krumbhaar, Mgr. (#4); Fishel (#5); Randall (#6); Stephenson (#7); Coburn (#8); Kernan (#9); Carr, Ca... More

Flashlight taken of Col. Roosevelt and Professor Goode of the Chicago ...

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