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Glass Slide of "Swiss Hamlet Near Eternal Snows"

Description: A glass slide showing a 1901 photograph showing a woman and children in front of a Swiss hamlet with snow-covered mountains in the background. On the reverse of the slide is a label with a handwritten note that reads "Swiss hamlet near eternal snows. Switzerland." The location is probably Saas-fee, the main village in the Saas Valley, in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On the frame of the slide is printed "Neg. No. 1800, copyrighted 1901 by Underwood & Underwood, Ne… more
Date: 1901
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of Bible School Men]

Description: Photograph of John J. McQuigg and three other members of an Abilene Christian College Bible study class. A miniature church building can be seen in the background. Note on the back of the photograph reads, "Picture #13, John J. McQuigg and other Bible School boys. 1901 in favorite loafing place of students while on S. Spruce Street."
Date: 1901
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library
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