Washington College sesquicentennial photo album

Archival Collection, /repositories/3/resources/100

Identifier/repositories/3/resources/100

RepositoryWashington College Miller Library, US

DateCreation: 1932

Conditions Governing Access StatementCollection is open for research.

Preferred Citation[item identification], Washington College sesquicentennial photo album, MS 0085, Archives and Special Collections, Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland.

Scope and ContentThis collection contains a photograph album from the 150th anniversary of Washington College and the George Washington Bicentennial. Images are of campus, commencement with speakers German Ambassador Dr. Friedrich W. von Prittwitz und Gaffron, Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, and Governor Albert C. Ritchie. There are also images of the numerous anniversary events, many with people in historical costumes, including children dressed as African American slaves in blackface. The cover of the album is missing.