1872 Boston University cdv photograph album

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i000000 1872 Boston University cdv photograph album THIS IS A VERY WORN CDV PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM WITH A TOTAL OF 95 PHOTO'S INSIDE. ALL OF THESE PHOTO'S HAD THEIR BACKING'S PARTIALLY PEELED OFF. MEANING YOU CANNOT SEE WHO THE PHOTOGRAPHER WAS ANYMORE AND ARE NOT AS THICK AS THEY USED TO BE BUT STILL HAVE THE MATERIAL THE PHOTOGRAPH ITSELF IS MOUNTED TO AND IN SOME CASES HAVE AN AUTOGRAPH ON. THE PHOTO'S THEMSELVES ARE ALL STILL VERY NICE. T ARE 29 PHOTO'S WITH AUTOGRAPHS ON THE ALBUM PAGES THEMSELVES AND MANY OTHERS WITH AN IDENTIFICATION BUT NOT AN AUTOGRAPH ON THE PAGE. AS I STATED EARLIER T ARE ALSO MORE THAT HAVE THE AUTOGRAPH AND THE YEAR "72" AND SOMETIMES "71" RIGHT ON THE PHOTO ITSELF. THE CLASS OF 1872 WOULD HAVE BEEN THE LAST YEAR THE CAMPUS WOULD STIL BE INTACT AS THE GREAT BOSTON FIRE OF 1872 WIPED OUT MOST OF THE CAMPUS BUT ONE BUILDING AS I RECALL, SO LATER THEY WOULD HAVE HAD CLASSES AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ALL OVER BOSTON, WHICH IS POSSIBLY THE REASON WHY THIS ALBUM WAS DEDICATED TO A REVEREND IN A CHURCH ON CHRISTMAS 1874. THEY COULD HAVE BEEN HAVING THEIR CLASSES AT THAT CHURCH. T IS ALSO FACULTY INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT AND IN THIS ALBUM AND IN SOME CASES SOMEONE KEPT UP WITH THESE PEOPLE AND PUT THEIR YEAR OF DEATH OVER THEIR PHOTOGRAPH. T IS ALSO TWO MEN FROM INDIA IN THIS ALBUM AS SHOWN. I BELIEVE THEY WERE RELIGIOUS read more

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