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    Aerial view of Rice Institute campus, Field House and playing field from Main St. with Ye Olde College Inn in the foreground

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    Date
    1921
    Abstract
    In 1921 E.D. Embres and Thomas B. Eaton, class of 1920 and veterans of World War I, flew over the campus and shot twleve iconic images which are included in the booklet, “The Flying Owls: Rice Institute from the Air.” (LD4711 .R333 F6) All twelve photographs were dedicated to the memory of men of Rice who died in the war, many of whom were friends of the authors. This image is one of those photographs.
    Description
    An aerial view of the William M. Rice Institute campus. The Field House and playing field are visible. The Ye Old College Inn is across the street, in the foreground. A few people are walking toward the playing field. Original resource is a black and white photograph.
    Citation
    "Aerial view of Rice Institute campus, Field House and playing field from Main St. with Ye Olde College Inn in the foreground." (1921) Rice University: https://hdl.handle.net/1911/71137.
    Keyword
    Places; William M. Rice Institute; Ye Old College Inn (Houston, Tex.)--Aerial photographs; William M. Rice Institute--Aerial photographs; William M. Rice Institute. Field House--Aerial photographs; More... Rice University--History Less...
    Publisher
    Rice University
    Related Work(s)
    This image was included in the Rice centennial history book, published with support of the Rice Historical Society. Karen Hess Rogers, Lee Pecht and Alan Harris Bath, "Rice University: One Hundred Years in Pictures"(College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2012), 59
    Citable link to this page
    https://hdl.handle.net/1911/71137
    Rights
    Rights to this material belong to Rice University. This digital version is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. Permission to examine physical and digital collection items does not imply permission for publication. Fondren Library’s Woodson Research Center / Special Collections has made these materials available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any uses beyond the spirit of Fair Use require permission from owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See http://library.rice.edu/guides/publishing-wrc-materials
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    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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