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Interior of Chapel
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View from back of room of the interior of the chapel at Rockford College. There is a piano on the right, in front of the stage. Folding chairs are set up in rows between the columns in the room. The original land for this college was purchased from Buell G. Wheeler. William Lathrop was chairman of the executive committee in 1891.
circa 1890-1899
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