[Photo Album]: A young womans time at Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
(KNOWLES, Sophie Ruth)
From Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 25 July 1997
From Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 25 July 1997
About this Item
Photo album, measuring 15¼" x 11¼". Leather covered stiff card boards, screw bound, containing contemporary pages with corner-mounted photographs. Contains 104 silver gelatin photographs measuring between 1" x 1¾" and 9" x 5". Covers lightly rubbed, several photos with creases or tiny tears, many having been cut down to varying extent from larger photos, very good overall. A photo album compiled by Sophie Ruth Knowles (1892-1968), during her time at Wellesley College, from about 1912 to 1914. Sophie attended Wellesley for three years, before graduating from Adelphi College in New York. The first page includes a mounted leaf with Sophie's Signature in ink, presumably taken from the original album. Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Several photos depict one of Wellesley's traditions, hoop rolling, as well as several theatrical productions, including Gilbert and Sullivans "The Mikado". Other activities include a Maypole, rowing, volleyball, and dancing. One page includes a few photos from the girls dorm rooms. The album concludes with several photographs showing the grounds and architecture around the campus. A lovely album showing the camaraderie amongst the young women attending an all girls college in the early part of the 20th century, at the dawn of WWI. Seller Inventory # 586176
Bibliographic Details
Title: [Photo Album]: A young womans time at ...
Publisher: Wellesley, Massachusetts
Publication Date: 1914
Binding: Softcover
Condition: Very Good
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