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The Campus History Series:
University of Pennsylvania

by Amey Hutchins and the staff of the University Archives

 

By the time photography was invented in the 1830s, the University of Pennsylvania, America's first university, was nearly a century old. University of Pennsylvania provides a collection of photographs focusing on the school's history at its present campus in West Philadelphia beginning shortly after the end of the Civil War.

This book draws from the photographic collections of Penn's University Archives to provide 195 images of more than a century of student life inside and outside the classroom. In every category, from campus landmarks to the student body to the traditions that bind the community together, these photographs demonstrate the close connections between Penn's present and its past. They also reveal historical aspects of the Penn experience that have since vanished.

Amey A. Hutchins, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, is a staff member at the University. After earning her master's degree, she has worked at Penn in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library and in the University Archives.

 

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