Collection:
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Pratt Institute Archives Photograph Collection
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Identifier:
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ar00261
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Source:
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Archives LIM-03
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Date Original:
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n.d.
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Title:
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[Library - Museum, 1890s]
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Description:
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A class of women in the Pratt Institute Library Museum, painting with watercolors from a butterfly exhibit. The Pratt Institute Library was built as a public as well as a college library, and was the first free Library in New York City. It was built by architect William B. Tubby in Victorian Renaissance revival style, with interiors by the Tiffany Decorating Company; the Romanesque-style Children's Portico was added to the children's entrance in 1912; the north porch was added in 1936 by John Mead Howells. Keywords: Women, Men, Students, Painting, Library exhibits, Library architecture, Universities and colleges.
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Subject:
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Pratt Institute -- History
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Subject:
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Museum exhibits -- New York (State) -- New York
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Subject:
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Butterflies -- Exhibitions
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Subject:
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Painting -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York
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Subject:
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Classes (Groups of students)
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Contributor:
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Tubby, William B., 1858-1944 (Architect)
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Coverage:
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United States
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Coverage:
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New York
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Coverage:
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Kings County
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Coverage:
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Brooklyn
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Format.Extent:
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1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 21 cm.
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Format.Medium:
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Photographic Prints
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Type:
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Image
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Contributing Institution:
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Pratt Institute
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