Digital Collections @ St. Lawrence University

1890s Campus looking toward Park Street

Overview

Creator: 
unknown
Subject: 
St. Lawrence University -- History
Subject: 
St. Lawrence University -- Buildings
Subject: 
St. Lawrence University -- Photographs
Subject: 
St. Lawrence University -- Panoramic Photographs
Description: 
An early 1890s view looking southwest from about where University Ave would later be. The three main buildings are Richardson and Fisher Halls and Herring Library. The large house closest to Fisher Hall was built in 1887 and was the University president's home, later an administration building called Park Street Hall.
Coverage: 
Canton, NY
Source: 
Photograph, sepia tone, 9 1/2" w x 5 3/4" h
Date Original: 
[189?]
Decade: 
1890

Rights

Rights Management: 
Original materials may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (more information).
Resource Identifier: 
ODY Special Collections, Archives, RG2, Series 3.2 B&G Campus Box 8
Publisher: 
St. Lawrence University
Contributor: 
unknown

Technical

Digitization Specifications: 
Scanned at 600ppi on Epson 1000XL scanner as 48-bit RGB uncompressed TIFF images. Images resized to 2000 pixels wide, 150 dpi, and saved as JPEG (level 10) in Photoshop CS5 with Unsharp Mask of 60:1.
Date Digital: 
December 22, 2011
Format: 
image/jpeg
Type: 
Still Image
Contributing Institution: 
St. Lawrence University