Browse Items · Archival Photos from Mary Helen Cochran Library

Reading Room, circa 1929 (2)

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[written on back in pen]:“a stable-mate of Eugenie Morenus’ horse (Toby) – when most horses were rented from Amherst”

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Students astride horses by the side of an unknown road in 1924.

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Students riding horses on a wooden bridge.

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Sarah Dodgen and Maria Bemis (standing) and Kathryn Graham (sitting) enjoy the brand new library.

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[written on back in pencil]: “Study gallery / Mary Helen Cochran Library / Sweet Briar College / Sweet Briar, Virginia”

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A group of Sweet Briar students participating in one of the earliest horse shows, 1927.

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Grace Sunderland (left), Mr. Lewis (center), and Winnie West (right) on horseback as the Sweet Briar Hunt Team, 1929.

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