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Elmira College

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Stock #:668887
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
City: Elmira
State: New York (NY)
County: Chemung
Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons
Postmark City: Elmira
Postmark State: NY
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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Founded for higher education for women. Situated on a terrace of the Chemung, in the suburbs of the city. Its first class of seventeen was graduated in 1859, the college being the first in the world to grant a degree to women similar to that given by men's colleges.

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