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Title: 1891 Stanford University
Date Created and/or Issued: 1891
1892
1893
Contributing Institution: San José Public Library, California Room
Collection: Historic Photograph Collection
Rights Information: Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use. For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the California Room: http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/special/ca/contacts_index.htm
Description: An early photograph of Stanford University taken shortly after its construction. Note how the buildings are surrounded by open fields. The 100-foot power plant smokestack on the right collapsed during the 1906 earthquake.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg2000
Scaled to 3000 pixels width. Grayscale strip cropped from image. Scanning outsourced to Northern Micrographics as part of the Local History Digital Resources Project, 2005-2006. Technical metadata is limited
Extent: 11 x 16 cm.
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/arbuckle/id/693
Language: English
Subject: Buildings
Universities & colleges
Stanford University
Place: Palo Alto
California

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