William F. Devendorf photographs, 1898-1904.

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William F. Devendorf photographs, 1898-1904.

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Photographs of Cornell University scenes including Sibley College of Engineering, the Library, the old Armory, and Fall Creek gorge, 1898. Also an album of photographs with scenes from telephone exchanges in Georgia, images of African-Americans in the South, scenes of Charleston, S.C. and Savannah, GA., 1900-1901; scenes of New York City, 1903; St. Augustine, FL; the Grand Canyon, 1903; a fire in Baltimore, 1904; the Thousand Islands, 1903; Niagara Falls, 1902; Buffalo, N.Y. and the Pan-American Exposition, 19012-1902; Montreal and elsewhere in Canada, 1903; and other places.

ca. 300 photographs.

Cornell University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7919265

Cornell University Library

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Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.)

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Photos stored in Iconography Section. From the description of Pan-American Exposition records, 1899-1901. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155444124 ...

Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanic Arts

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Cornell University

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Devendorf, William F. (William Frederick)

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Cornell University Class of 1898. William Frederick Devendorf graduated from Cornell in 1898 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a concentration in Electrical Engineering. He later held positions as head of telephone exchanges for Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. in Atlanta, Georgia, as a telephone exchange designer for Western Electric Co. in New York City, and as the owner of Wm. F. Devendorf & Co. in Rochester, NY, a steam power plant engineering and contracting company. ...