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Title: Early Photograph of Stanford University
Creator: Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1891
Publication Information: San Jose Public Library. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. California Room
Contributing Institution: San José Public Library, California Room
Collection: Collection on Santa Clara County's Agricultural Past
Rights Information: Public domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
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: 1 photographic print; 11 x 16 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt7w1028xm
CSJ_152
CAL-P-C038
Language: English
Subject: Universities and colleges--California--Stanford
Stanford University--Landscape
Stanford (Calif.)--History
Place: Stanford (Calif.)

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