Sunken Gardens; ca. 1933

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Identifier	mus.rg002.pc1284p
Title	Sunken Gardens; ca. 1933
Description	Photograph of the Sunken Garden, later the site of McLemore Hall. The garden was built in 1932 as a jobs project during the early part of the Depression. Lake Byron is located just to the right of this picture. Both areas were part of a campus beautification effort begun by President Claude Bennett. The building in the background is the former President's home (later the Alumni Association headquarters). This photo is also found in Chester M. Morgan's book, Dearly bought, deeply treasured, on page 52.
Date	circa 1933
Coverage (time period)	circa 1933
Subject	University of Southern Mississippi--Buildings. University of Southern Mississippi--History. Gardens--Mississippi--Hattiesburg.
Mississippi county	Forrest County (Miss.)
Geographic location	Hattiesburg (Miss.)
Resource type	Image
Format	Digital reproduction of a 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 black and white photograph.
Publisher	University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. (electronic version)
Rights	Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Contributing institution	Special Collections, McCain Library and Archives, University of Southern Mississippi.
Collection	RG002 University of Southern Mississippi Photographs.
Source	RG002 - PC1284, Facilities, Box 179 ; also LD 3425.M67 1987, page 52
Digital repository	University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections.
Digital collection	Southern Miss History.
File size	171.775 KB
File extension	JPG
Width	1320
Height	891
Color space	RGB
Bit depth	24 bit color
File name	mus.rg002.pc1284p.jpg

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