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Chase, W.

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Ruins of Acadia College, 1877

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Collection: Acadia Photograph Collection. Campus and Buildings
Description: Twenty, unidentified men, posing on the rubble of (First) College Hall. The remains of brick and stone walls are easily visible. Fences, houses, a farm, and the church and parsonage on Prospect Street in the background. Camera is facing east. Written in ink on reverse: "Ruins of Acadia College, burned Dec. 2nd 1877".
Accession Number: APC410
Creator: Chase, W.
Type: photograph

Chipman Hall, circa 1890

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Collection: Acadia Photograph Collection. Campus and Buildings
Description: Exterior view from University Avenue looking west. Four-storey wooden structure with a widow's walk and two entrances. Twenty-four unidentified men, sitting and standing, pose in the foreground. Property is fenced. Another building is partially visible in the background.
Accession Number: APC421
Creator: Chase, W.
Type: photograph

Group photo next to College Hall ruins, 1877

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Collection: Acadia Photograph Collection. Campus and Buildings
Description: Large group of men and a few women, sitting and standing in this posed print. Ruins of (First) College Hall, a thicket of trees, and a flag pole in the background. Camera is facing north. Written in ink on matte: "Meeting of Governors, Professors, students + friends the morning after Old Acadia was burned. They were gathered directly in front of where the old building stood the trees behind…
Accession Number: APC411
Creator: Chase, W.
Type: photograph