Harvard College Class of 1866 photograph album, 1866.

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Harvard College Class of 1866 photograph album, 1866.

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One album of photographs of Harvard College buildings, faculty and staff, and students of the Class of 1866. Few of the photographs are identified. All of the images were taken by George Kendall Warren of Cambridge, Mass. The cover of the album is embossed in gold with the name "William L. Parker."

134 photographs in 1 album.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 1866

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Warren, G. K. (George Kendall), -1884

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George K. Warren (1834-1884) was an American photographer active in Massachusetts in the second half of the 19th century. He was based in Lowell, Massachusetts from 1850 to 1870 and moved to Boston in 1870, where he worked until his death in 1884. In 1858 he began taking photographs of graduating college classes and became known as a prominent class photographer, particularly at Ivy League schools. In the 1860s he published a series of cartes-de-visite of Cambridge, Watertown, Concord, and Lexin...