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Description
The home of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, the Walker Art Building on the college campus in Brunswick was dedicated in 1894.
Sisters Harriet and Sophia Walker donated the building in honor of their uncle Theophilus Walker, a Boston entrepreneur and businessman.
The sisters were collectors and supporters of art education.
About This Item
- Title: Walker Art Building, Bowdoin College, ca. 1910
- Creation Date: circa 1910
- Subject Date: circa 1910
- Location: Brunswick, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Local Code: Coll. 390, Box 4/5
- Collection: Barnes family glass plate negatives
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Bowdoin College. Museum of Art
- Buildings--Maine--Brunswick
- College art museums--Maine--Brunswick
- Universities & colleges--Maine--Brunswick
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