2000.200.74 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Dean Jacobus and students about to leave for war service, Hartford

Date1917

MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 5 7/8 x 9 13/16in. (15 x 25cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionNine young men and an elderly man seated on the steps of a brick building, presumably an academic building at the Hartford Theological Seminary. All wear suits and celluloid collars. One man wears eyeglasses.

Object number2000.200.74

InscribedOn verso: "Dean Jacobus and students who were about to leave for war / service, Spring 1917 / Back row (Left to Right) Cedric E. Crawford, James F. English, Dean Melancthon W. / Jacobus, Harold A. Wooster, Frank S. Coan. / Front row (L to R) Barry L. Morgan, G. Homer Lane, Thomas R. Kelly, Charles F. Durgin, William H.Guild."

NotesSubject Note: Rev. Melancthon W. Jacobus was dean of the Hartford Theological Seminary at 1507 Broad Street, Hartford.

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