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The Tower and Tower Wing ['New Wing'], 1887 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPH 3/2/1/3

Scope and Contents

Shows a garden bench in the foreground. The mounted print has the caption: 'View of the College showing the Stanley Library and Gamble Wing with Tower and principal entrance. The latest extension, completed Sept. 1902, is a continuation to the right of the above'. The postcards are part of the "Valentines Series": one is unused; the other was used for a short message to an address in Sussex and is inscribed on the front ‘A memo of a Happy Day 15/4/04’.
3 x sepia flimsy (15cm x 21cm); 1 x sepia print, mounted on heavy card (19cm x 29cm); 2 x postcard prints; 2 x b/w copy print, made by Neville Taylor in 2002 (20cm x 29cm); 1 x b/w negative (negative number 391); 1 x b/w jpeg, made by Neville Taylor in 2002.

Dates

  • Creation: 1887 - 1900

Extent

10 item(s) : photograph

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

Ph 3/13/4

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The blank postcard was given by Isabel Burn (née Bennett, Girton 1953) in 2011. The postcard used for a message was bought in Exeter Quay Antiques and donated to the Archive in September 2019.

Date information

DateText: Taken before 1902.

Originator(s)

Unknown

Finding aid date

2014-09-12 11:03:53+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Girton College Archive Repository

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