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Type:: Image
Date Created:: 1977 April
Collection:: University Photograph Collection
Collecting Area:: University Archives
Collection ID:: ua390
Description:: Unidentified State University of New York at Albany students sitting on a large-scale sculpture.
Subject:: Photographers, State University of New York at Albany, Sculpture, Pearl, Ricky, and University Archives Photographs

Type:: Image
Date Created:: 1990
Collection:: University Photograph Collection
Collecting Area:: University Archives
Collection ID:: ua390
Description:: A picture of the Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza in Albany, New York as seen from the south looking north. On the viewer's left are the state office towers, designed by Wallace K. Harrison and Max Abramovitz. In the background is the New York State Capitol building (1867-99), designed in part by Henry Hobson Richardson. On the viewer's right is the Center for the Performing Arts, known as "The Egg." Situated in the center of the pool in the foreground is the sculpture "Triangles and Arches" (1965) by the American sculptor, painter, and designer, Alexander Calder. Just behind The Egg is the Justice Building, designed by Sargent, Webster, Crenshaw, and Folley. There are crop marks on three sides and in the top margin is noted "B1."
Subject:: Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979, Pools, Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886, Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976, Empire State Plaza (Albany, N.Y.), New York State Capitol (Albany, N.Y.), Sculpture, Crop marks, Albany (N.Y.), University Archives Photographs, Towers, Harrison, Wallace K. (Wallace Kirkman), 1895-, and Abramovitz, Max, 1908-

Type:: Image
Date Created:: Undated
Collection:: University Photograph Collection
Collecting Area:: University Archives
Collection ID:: ua390
Description:: A photograph of a portrait bust of George R. Perkins, Principal of the New York State Normal School from January 1, 1848-July 8, 1852. In the bottom margin is the caption, "GEORGE R. PERKINS, Principal January 1, 1848-July 8, 1852."
Subject:: State Normal School (Albany, N.Y.), Sculpture, Busts, Portraits, Perkins, George R. (George Roberts), 1812-1876, Presidents And Principals, and University Archives Photographs

Type:: Image
Date Created:: Undated
Collection:: University Photograph Collection
Collecting Area:: University Archives
Collection ID:: ua390
Description:: A photograph of a portrait bust of George R. Perkins, Principal of the New York State Normal School from January 1, 1848-July 8, 1852. In the bottom margin is the caption, "GEORGE R. PERKINS." In handwritten notes are ".50 D pg 4-5."
Subject:: State Normal School (Albany, N.Y.), Sculpture, Crop marks, Portraits, Perkins, George R. (George Roberts), 1812-1876, Presidents And Principals, Busts, and University Archives Photographs

Type:: Image
Date Created:: Undated
Collection:: University Photograph Collection
Collecting Area:: University Archives
Collection ID:: ua390
Description:: A collection of portraits featuring (left to right, top to bottom) David Perkins Page, Principal of the (New York) State Normal School from December 13, 1844-January 1, 1848; George R. Perkins, Principal of the (New York) State Normal School from January 1, 1848-July 8, 1852; Samuel B. Woolworth, LL.D., Principal of the (New York) State Normal School from September 20, 1852-February 1, 1856 and Acting Principal from Febrary 19, 1867-April 3, 1867; and David H. Cochrane, A.M., Ph.D., Principal of the (New York) State Normal School from February 25, 1856-December [2?], 1864. Each of the four photographs have the following descriptive information in the bottom margin(s): the gentleman's name, his title, and his dates of service. Perkins' image is rendered in a sculpted bust in the classical tradition.
Subject:: Page, David P. (David Perkins), 1810-1848, Cochrane, David H., State Normal School (Albany, N.Y.), Sculpture, Busts, Portraits, Woolworth, Samuel B., Perkins, George R. (George Roberts), 1812-1876, Presidents And Principals, and University Archives Photographs

Type:: Image
Date Created:: ca. 1979
Collection:: University Photograph Collection
Collecting Area:: University Archives
Collection ID:: ua390
Description:: Students meeting outdoors for an art class at the State University of New York at Albany. The area is surrounded by blossoming trees and there is a Richard Stankiewicz sculpture nearby.
Subject:: Biology Garden, Students, Sculpture, Stankiewicz, Richard, and Art, Department of

Type:: Image
Date Created:: 1997
Collection:: Civil Service Employees Association, Inc. (CSEA), American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 1000 Records
Collecting Area:: New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:: apap015
Description:: Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Board of Directors representative Carol Thornton holding a portion of a sculpture she created in tribute to four CSEA social service workers murdered while on the job in Schuyler County in 1992.
Subject:: Photographers, Labor unions, Sculpture, and Wofford, Ron