The 300-year-old Harvard College Yard, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Office of War Information
American, 1942–1945
The 300-year-old Harvard College Yard, Cambridge, Massachusetts
ca. 1945
Gelatin silver print
Image: 4 7/16 × 6 5/16 in. (11.3 × 16.1 cm)
Paper: 5 1/16 × 7 in. (12.8 × 17.8 cm)
Gift of John and Susan Edwards Harvith, 2011
2011.0395.0042
Inscriptions inscribed in pencil on verso, TL: From: Harvard News Office \ University Hall \ Cambrdige, Mass.
inscribed in pencil on verso, TRC: HU1059
stamped in blue ink on verso, C: CREDIT LINE: \ HARVARD INSTITUTE OF \ GEOGRAPHICAL EXPLORATION
typed on applied label affixed to verso, BC: The 300-year-old Harvard College "Yard." In lower \ right corner is Widener Library, housing the largest \ university collection in the world; facing it is the \ Memorial Church, built in memory of the world war \ dead; in the left half of the college yard are the \ old dormitories, now occupied by college freshmen; \ along the outer edge of the yard are new freshman \ dormitories. In left background are laboratories \ and museums.
inscribed in pencil on verso, TRC: HU1059
stamped in blue ink on verso, C: CREDIT LINE: \ HARVARD INSTITUTE OF \ GEOGRAPHICAL EXPLORATION
typed on applied label affixed to verso, BC: The 300-year-old Harvard College "Yard." In lower \ right corner is Widener Library, housing the largest \ university collection in the world; facing it is the \ Memorial Church, built in memory of the world war \ dead; in the left half of the college yard are the \ old dormitories, now occupied by college freshmen; \ along the outer edge of the yard are new freshman \ dormitories. In left background are laboratories \ and museums.
