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Group of Students Sitting on Steps of Old Main, University of Arizona, ca. 1898-99

Sepia toned photo of a large group of University of Arizona students sits on the steps of Old Main

Photograph of the class of 1898-99. University President Millard Mayhew Parker forbade the photo's publication or sale to members of the student body because a boy and girl (center of the third row from the front) were holding hands and gazing into each other's eyes.

Collection: University of Arizona Photograph Collection

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