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Dean Jacobus and students about to leave for war service, Hartford
Image Not Available for Dean Jacobus and students about to leave for war service, Hartford

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)
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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