Historical Photograph Collection: Cased Images series, circa 1850s

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Historical Photograph Collection: Cased Images series, circa 1850s

The Cased Images series consists of 77 daguerrotypes, ambrotypes, and composite daguerrotypes depicting Princeton University in the late antebellum period of the 1840s and 1850s.

2 linear ft. (12 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6959616

Princeton University Library

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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library

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Princeton University

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The collection documents the physical expansion of the University from its earliest period through the acquisition of large tracts of land in the 20th century, including the properties around Carnegie Lake and numerous farms. Early records document transactions with such Princeton University notables as Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, John Witherspoon, Walter Minto, John and Richard Stockton, and John Maclean. For the most part, the papers consist of standard legal documents with detailed descriptions ...