Harvard College Class of 1855 photograph album, 1851-1905.

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Harvard College Class of 1855 photograph album, 1851-1905.

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One album of photographs of members of the Harvard College Class of 1855. Subjects include Alexander Agassiz, Theodore Lyman, and Robert Treat Paine, among many others. The photographs depict the subjects both at the time of their studies at Harvard and also later in life. The album was assembled by Class of 1855 Secretary, Edwin H. Abbott, for his classmates for their fiftieth reunion in 1905. All of the photographs are identified; none of the photographers are identified.

161 photographs in 1 album.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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