Dominique Doux Fiquet photograph album

The album contains twenty-six silver gelatin photographs of students (mostly from the class of 1859) and faculty of The University of Alabama. Also known as the Album of Friendship, this album contains the oldest known photograph of The University of Alabama campus. Taken from upstairs at the Presid...

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Format: Electronic
Published: University of Alabama Libraries
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Online Access:http://purl.lib.ua.edu/46856
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Summary:The album contains twenty-six silver gelatin photographs of students (mostly from the class of 1859) and faculty of The University of Alabama. Also known as the Album of Friendship, this album contains the oldest known photograph of The University of Alabama campus. Taken from upstairs at the President's Mansion, the photograph shows part of the original campus, including the Rotunda, which was burned by Union forces on April 4, 1865.