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    Collection

    Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

    Document Type

    Still Image

    Call number of Original

    Brunswick_Bowdoin_A_ca.1960

    Contributing Institution

    Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

    Location

    Maine, USA

    Creation Date

    1960

    Format of Original

    4 x 5" gelatin silver negative

    Description

    Aerial view of Bowdoin College campus, from west. Maine Street and campus quad in foreground. Bath Road at left. Brunswick Naval Air Station in right background. Androscoggin River in left background.

    Bowdoin College was founded in 1794, and named after Massachusetts Governor James Bowdoin. At the time, Maine was a district of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Early graduates include Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Joshua L. Chamberlain, and President Franklin Pierce.

    Photo circa1960


    See Additional Files link, below, for ca.1960 closer aerial view of the Bowdoin College main quad, from southwest.

    Additional Files
    Bowdoin B ca1960_WTM.JPG (7063 kB)
    Bowdoin College quad from southwest, ca.1960
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    Keywords

    Brunswick, Me., Bowdoin College

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