Image of an eye-level street view of the Gothic-style buildings of the Ladies' Collegiate Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, with a tree-lined street with two horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians in the foreground; tinted background. Probable date based on school history; the Ladies' Collegiate Institute closed in 1860. "L. Prang & Co. lith. Merchants Row Boston."--text, bottom left. "Six years of great success commend this Institution to all who Esteem saund [sic] scholarship & utmost economy. Cost of Board Tuition & Furnished Rooms lighted by Gas / only one hundred & twenty Dollars per year. / Send for Catalogue & preserve this drawing of the College."--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 28.26 x 35.56 cm (11 1/8 x 14 in.)
Worcester (Mass.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works College campuses--Pictorial works Women’s colleges--Pictorial works Schools--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Louis Prang Archive Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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