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Stanford University Postcard Collection
PC0078
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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Stanford University postcard collection
Identifier/Call Number: PC0078
Physical Description:
4 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1891-1990
Abstract: Collection depicts
Stanford University buildings, grounds, and people; subjects include athletics and athletic
facilities, student amusements, the cactus garden, old chemistry building, dormitories,
fraternity and sorority houses, views of the Quad and Inner Quad, Lake Lagunita, libraries,
Stanford mausoleum, Memorial Arch, Memorial Church, museum, the Palo Alto tree, university
workers (primarily images of horse-drawn wagons), David Starr Jordan, Domenico Grosso ("the
Stanford hermit"), and the presidential installation of John C. Branner. A number of items
depict damage to buildings from the 1906 earthquake. There are also a few items depicting
Palo Alto and surrounding communities.
Language of Material:
English .
Collection depicts Stanford University buildings, grounds, and people; subjects include
athletics and athletic facilities, student amusements, the cactus garden, old chemistry
building, dormitories, fraternity and sorority houses, views of the Quad and Inner Quad,
Lake Lagunita, libraries, Stanford mausoleum, Memorial Arch, Memorial Church, museum, the
Palo Alto tree, university workers (primarily images of horse-drawn wagons), David Starr
Jordan, Domenico Grosso ("the Stanford hermit"), and the presidential installation of John
C. Branner. A number of items depict damage to buildings from the 1906 earthquake. There are
also a few items depicting Palo Alto and surrounding communities.
The materials are open for research use.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must
be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special
Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
[identification of item], Stanford University Postcard Collection (PC0078). Dept. of
Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Stanford University -- Buildings.
Postcards.
postcards -- California.