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Charter Group (1889)

Item

Type
Still Image
Title
Charter Group (1889)
Date
1889
Coverage
Ann Arbor, Michigan | University of Michigan Campus, 1880s
Description
Formal studio portrait of the founding members of the Chi Psi Fraternity at the University of Michigan. The 1889 charter group sits posed in suits and pocket watches, embodying the ideals of respectability and exclusivity that shaped early white fraternity culture.
Subject
Theta Delta Chi | Gamma Deuteron Charge (University of Michigan); Fraternities | Michigan | Ann Arbor; College students |Portraits; University of Michigan | Students | Social life and customs |19th century
Source
https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/139671
Format
Digital Image (scan of photograph print)
Publisher
University of Michigan Library Digital Collections / Bentley Image Bank
Relation
Bentley Historical Library Photograph Collection (Fra
Language
English
Bibliographic Citation
1889_Founders, Digital, 1891-2017, box 1, Theta Delta Chi. Gamma Deuteron Charge (University of Michigan) records, Bentley
Historical Library, University of Michigan.
Site pages
Theta Delta Chi

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