A Sweet Briar Fox Hunt, 1928-9
Universities & colleges
Students
Horseback riding
Horses
Fox hunting
Riding
Teachers
Hunting dogs
A group of Sweet Briar students, riding instructors, and a hound handler preparing to go on a fox hunt, 1928-9.
[written in pen]: “Fox Hunt at SB”
[written in pen]: “left to Right / 1 Jean Saunders / 2 -- / 3 Winnie West on Molly D / 4 Connie Stanbrugh [?] on Ned / 5 Ruth Keeler / 6 ? [“Hulda Williams” scratched out] / 7 [blank] / 8 Eloise Moreley [?] / 9 Gert Prior / 10 Bebe Gilchrist [?] / 11 Harriet Rogers on Misfortune (?) / 12 ? [Hulda Williams scratched out] / 13 Huldah Williams / 14 Mr Lewis / 15 Grace Sunderland / 16 Mr Blackwell / 17 Amelia Woodward"
1928-9
1920s
1900
Thomson, Rebecca
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Breaking Ground
Libraries
Building construction
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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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Browsing Room, circa 1929
Libraries (Rooms & spaces)
Universities & colleges
Furniture
Mary Helen Cochran Library
Libraries
[on front, lower right corner]: “E White / STUDIO / 404-379”\
White, E.
circa 1929
1900
1920s
Thomson, Rebecca
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Freshmen on a Horse, 1927
Horseback riding
Students
Horses
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Two students of the Class of 1931 astride a horse, 1931.
[written on back in pen]: “Class of ‘31”
1931
1930s
1900
Thomson, Rebecca
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Gertrude Prior and Others in a Riding Class, 1925-29
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Horseback riding
Horses
Students
Teachers
Gertrude Prior (fourth from right?) and other Sweet Briar students in a riding class sometime between 1925 and 1929. From Gertrude Prior's scrapbook.
1925-1929
1920s
1900
Thomson, Rebecca
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Harriet Rogers Trotting, circa 1927
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Horseback riding
Horses
Students
Harriet Rogers riding a horse at a trot sometime around 1927, presumably on the Sweet Briar College campus.
[written on back in pencil]: “Harriet Rogers – C 1927-8 / Head of Riding & / Phys. Ed”
circa 1927-1928
1920s
1900
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, 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 Exterior, circa 1929
Libraries
Universities & colleges
Landscaping
Mary Helen Cochran Library
circa 1929
1900
1920s
Thomson, Rebecca
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Reading Room, circa 1929 (1)
Libraries (rooms & spaces)
Universities & colleges
Reading rooms
Furniture
Mary Helen Cochran Library
Libraries
[written on back in pencil]: “Reading Room / Mary Helen Cochran Library / Sweet Briar College / Sweet Briar, Virginia”
circa 1929
1900
1920s
Thomson, Rebecca
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