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Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Scope Note: DU scope note: Use for objects that actually are photographic prints on light-sensitive paper, or scans of photographic negatives or prints. For for originals, copies and scans of transparencies and slides, use: Slides (Photography) (lcsh). For works ABOUT photographs (diaries, logs, instructions, criticism, ...) use Photographs (lcsh).

AAT scope note: Refers to still images produced from radiation-sensitive materials (sensitive to light, electron beams, or nuclear radiation), generally by means of the chemical action of light on a sensitive film, paper, glass, or metal. It does not include reproductive prints of documents and technical drawings, for which descriptors found under "

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Administration - Chancellors, circa 1900

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0090.0008.00001
Abstract

This portrait depicts the University of Denver Administration Chancellors: Henry Augustus Buchtel, William Fraser McDowell, and David Hastings Moore, circa 1900.

Dates: circa 1900

McDowell, William Photos, 1890-1899

 File
Identifier: U201.02.0140.0017
Abstract

Images of William Fraser McDowell, second chancellor of the University of Denver and later a bishop of the Methodist church, during his tenure at DU. Images include 1 set of black and white negatives with contact sheet; 2 medium-format black and white negatives with accompanying prints on cardboard backing (one signed by McDowell); 5 more recent enlargements of the same black and white print with contact sheet. Also includes 3 black and white prints of McDowell as bishop.

Dates: 1890-1899

The Science Hall Groundbreaking, 1911 November 15

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Identifier: U201.01.0413.00027
Abstract

Portrait of a group of men standing around two men, one with a spadeful of dirt. Inscription on the photo identifies some of the men, and names and dates this event as the groundbreaking for the Science Hall on November 15, 1911.

Dates: 1911 November 15

The Science Hall Groundbreaking, 1911 November 15

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Identifier: U201.01.0413.00028
Abstract

A group of men observe in a semi-circle around chancellor Henry A. Buchtel (who clutches a spade) and Bishop William Fraser McDowell. The inscription identifies this as the groundbreaking for the Science Hall on November 15, 1911.

Dates: 1911 November 15

William Fraser McDowell, between 1890-1899

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Identifier: U201.01.0413.00008
Abstract

University of Denver second chancellor William Fraser McDowell poses for a portrait. McDowell was DU's chancellor from 1890-1899.

Dates: between 1890-1899

William Fraser McDowell, between 1890-1899

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Identifier: U201.02.0140.0017.00001
Abstract

Cabinet cards with black and white portrait of William Fraser McDowell, second chancellor of the University of Denver.

Dates: between 1890-1899

William Fraser McDowell

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Identifier: U201.02.0140.0017.00002
Abstract

Black and white headshot of William Fraser McDowell, second Chancellor of the University of Denver.

Dates: 1890-1899

William Fraser McDowell

 Item
Identifier: U201.02.0140.0017.00003
Abstract

Black and white print of William Fraser McDowell, former chancellor of the University of Denver and later Methodist bishop in Chicago and Washington, D.C.

Dates: 1890-1899