Breaking Ground
Libraries
Building construction
Universities & colleges
Mary Helen Cochran Library
[written on back]: "I break ground for the new library." Writer unknown.
Ground breaking for the Mary Helen Cochran Library at Sweet Briar College.
1928
1900
1920s
Thomson, Rebecca
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Library Exterior, 1929
Libraries
Universities & colleges
Mary Helen Cochran Library
[written on front]: “E White / STUDIO / 404-379”
White, E.
1929
1900
1920s
Thomson, Rebecca
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Library Construction Site with Workers
Libraries
Universities & colleges
Construction workers
Building construction
Mary Helen Cochran Library
Construction workers in the middle of building the Cochran library
1928
1900
1920s
Thomson, Rebecca
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Library Exterior, circa 1929
Libraries
Universities & colleges
Landscaping
Mary Helen Cochran Library
circa 1929
1900
1920s
Thomson, Rebecca
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Student on Horseback, 1915
Universities & colleges
Horseback riding
Students
Horses
Quadrangles (Courtyards)
A student, astride a horse on the Sweet Briar quad. From Harriet Rogers' file.
1915
1900
1910s
Thomson, Rebecca
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Student Riders, circa 1920
Universities & colleges
Horseback riding
Horses
Students
Reynolds, E.
circa 1920
1900
1920s
Thomson, Rebecca
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Sterling, a Groom, with Eugenie Morenus' Horse Toby, circa 1917-1920
Universities & colleges
Horses
Quadrangles (Courtyards)
Horse grooms
[written on back in pen]:“a stable-mate of Eugenie Morenus’ horse (Toby) – when most horses were rented from Amherst”
Shaw, Mary V. Crabbs
circa 1920
1900
1910s
1920s
Thomson, Rebecca
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Student Riders on a Bridge, 1924
Horseback riding
Universities & colleges
Horses
Students
Bridges
Students riding horses on a wooden bridge.
1924
1900
1920s
Thomson, Rebecca
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Student riders by a road, 1924
Horseback riding
Horses
Students
Universities & colleges
Students astride horses by the side of an unknown road in 1924.
1924
1900
1920s
Thomson, Rebecca
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Student Riders on a Dirt Path, 1924
Horseback riding
Horses
Students
Universities & colleges
1924
1900
1920s
Thomson, Rebecca
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