Postcards collected on Lovett World Tour
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RMS Homeric of the White Star Line, colorized postcard
(1908)One of the many ships Dr. and Mrs. Edgar Odell Lovett sailed on during their World Tour for Rice Institute, 1908-1909. -
Postcard of the S.S. Mongolia collected during the Lovett World Tour
(1908)In 1908, the Rice Institute Board of Trustees sent their newly chosen President, Edgar Odell Lovett, on a world tour seeking out the best aspects of the leading colleges and universities. Dr. and Mrs. Lovett traveled in the company of their secretary, Mr. Carrington Weems, 1908-1909. -
Postcard of Perspective de la Rue Royale, Paris, collected during the Lovett World Tour
(1908)This item was collected on the world tour taken by Rice Institute President Edgar Odell Lovett, his wife Mary Hale Lovett, and Secretary for Rice's Board of Trustees, Carrington Weems. The mission of the tour was to research the best characteristics of the world's top universities and plan the academic, administrative, student and physical structure ... -
Postcard of the Campidoglio in Rome collected during the Lovett World Tour
(1908)This item was collected on the world tour taken by Rice Institute President Edgar Odell Lovett, his wife Mary Hale Lovett, and Secretary for Rice's Board of Trustees, Carrington Weems. The mission of the tour was to research the best characteristics of the world's top universities and plan the academic, administrative, student and physical structure ... -
Postcard of Universitat and Mendebrunnen in Leipzig, Germany collected during the Lovett World Tour
(1908)This item was collected on the world tour taken by Rice Institute President Edgar Odell Lovett, his wife Mary Hale Lovett, and Secretary for Rice's Board of Trustees, Carrington Weems. The mission of the tour was to research the best characteristics of the world's top universities and plan the academic, administrative, student and physical structure ... -
Postcard of St. George's Hall in Liverpool, England collected during the Lovett World Tour
(1908)This item was collected on the world tour taken by Rice Institute President Edgar Odell Lovett, his wife Mary Hale Lovett, and Secretary for Rice's Board of Trustees, Carrington Weems. The mission of the tour was to research the best characteristics of the world's top universities and plan the academic, administrative, student and physical structure ... -
Postcard of Carl Johans in Kristiania, Norway collected during the Lovett World Tour
(1908)This item was collected on the world tour taken by Rice Institute President Edgar Odell Lovett, his wife Mary Hale Lovett, and Secretary for Rice's Board of Trustees, Carrington Weems. The mission of the tour was to research the best characteristics of the world's top universities and plan the academic, administrative, student and physical structure ... -
Postcard of the Rathaus in Kopenhagen, Denmark collected during the Lovett World Tour
(1908)This item was collected on the world tour taken by Rice Institute President Edgar Odell Lovett, his wife Mary Hale Lovett, and Secretary for Rice's Board of Trustees, Carrington Weems. The mission of the tour was to research the best characteristics of the world's top universities and plan the academic, administrative, student and physical structure ... -
Postcard of Capilla del Mirab at La Mezquita in Cordoba, Spain collected during the Lovett World Tour
(1908)This item was collected on the world tour taken by Rice Institute President Edgar Odell Lovett, his wife Mary Hale Lovett, and Secretary for Rice's Board of Trustees, Carrington Weems. The mission of the tour was to research the best characteristics of the world's top universities and plan the academic, administrative, student and physical structure ... -
Postcard of the Festsaal at Staatliches Hofbräuhaus in Munchen, Germany collected during the Lovett World Tour
(1908)This item was collected on the world tour taken by Rice Institute President Edgar Odell Lovett, his wife Mary Hale Lovett, and Secretary for Rice's Board of Trustees, Carrington Weems. The mission of the tour was to research the best characteristics of the world's top universities and plan the academic, administrative, student and physical structure ... -
Postcard "Aussicht vom Polytechnikum" in Zurich, Switzerland collected during the Lovett World Tour
(1908)This item was collected on the world tour taken by Rice Institute President Edgar Odell Lovett, his wife Mary Hale Lovett, and Secretary for Rice's Board of Trustees, Carrington Weems. The mission of the tour was to research the best characteristics of the world's top universities and plan the academic, administrative, student and physical structure ... -
Postcard of the Eton College Chapel in England collected during the Lovett World Tour
(1908)This item was collected on the world tour taken by Rice Institute President Edgar Odell Lovett, his wife Mary Hale Lovett, and Secretary for Rice's Board of Trustees, Carrington Weems. The mission of the tour was to research the best characteristics of the world's top universities and plan the academic, administrative, student and physical structure ... -
Postcard of Upsala Universitetet in Upsala, Sweden collected during the Lovett World Tour
(1908)This item was collected on the world tour taken by Rice Institute President Edgar Odell Lovett, his wife Mary Hale Lovett, and Secretary for Rice's Board of Trustees, Carrington Weems. The mission of the tour was to research the best characteristics of the world's top universities and plan the academic, administrative, student and physical structure ... -
Postcard of Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche in Berlin, Germany collected during the Lovett World Tour
(1908)This item was collected on the world tour taken by Rice Institute President Edgar Odell Lovett, his wife Mary Hale Lovett, and Secretary for Rice's Board of Trustees, Carrington Weems. The mission of the tour was to research the best characteristics of the world's top universities and plan the academic, administrative, student and physical structure ... -
Postcard of "Ishizaka Okunoin Toshogu" in Nikko, Japan collected during the Lovett World Tour
(1908)This item was collected on the world tour taken by Rice Institute President Edgar Odell Lovett, his wife Mary Hale Lovett, and Secretary for Rice's Board of Trustees, Carrington Weems. The mission of the tour was to research the best characteristics of the world's top universities and plan the academic, administrative, student and physical structure ... -
Postcard of Sassnitz Hafen on Insel Rügen in Germany collected during the Lovett World Tour
(1908)This item was collected on the world tour taken by Rice Institute President Edgar Odell Lovett, his wife Mary Hale Lovett, and Secretary for Rice's Board of Trustees, Carrington Weems. The mission of the tour was to research the best characteristics of the world's top universities and plan the academic, administrative, student and physical structure ...