A CIDADE BRANCA

Black & White Illustration | 1948 | source

The Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands houses the International Court of Justice.

Black & White Illustration | 1947 | source

Hvalsey (Greenlandic Qaqortukukooq) is a location near Qaqortoq, Greenland and the site of a number of Greenland’s best-preserved Norse ruins in what was known by the Norse as the Eastern Settlement. It is the site of the largest and best-preserved ruins from the Norse period, Hvalseyjarkirkja. The last written records of the Norse Greenlanders are from a 1408 marriage in the church of Hvalsey — today the most well-preserved of the Norse ruins.

Black & White Illustration | 1946 | source

Cromlech is a Brythonic word (Breton/Welsh) used to describe prehistoric megalithic structures, where crom means “bent” and llech means “flagstone”.

Black & White Illustration | 1945 | source

The Yale Fence, which ran along on College in front of Old Brick Row, was a favorite of many generations of students. Plans for new buildings led to its demise in 1888. The Yale Fence Club was named in its memory. The fence currently lining Old Campus also evokes the old fence.

Black & White Illustration | 1944 | source

The College of William and Mary is a public university located in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. It is the second-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is one of the original eight institutions known as Public Ivies. William & Mary educated U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and John Tyler as well as other key figures important to the development of the nation, including U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall, Speaker of the House Henry Clay and 16 signers of the Declaration of Independence. W&M educated future MIT founder William Barton Rogers. U.S. President George Washington received his surveyor’s certificate there and noted legal scholar George Wythe was both an early student and, later, the first head of W&M’s law school.

Black & White Illustration | 1943 | source

A drawing of the academic buildings of West Point, the United Stated Military Academy.

Black & White Illustration | 1942 | source

The observatory located at Vassar College, in New York.

Black & White Illustration | 1941 | source

Founded as an all-female college by Matthew Vassar in 1861. It is located in Hudson Valley, New York.

Black & White Illustration | 1940 | source

Washington University in St. Louis is a nonsectarian private research university located in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1853 and named for George Washington; to prevent confusion over its location the Board of Trustees added the phrase “in St. Louis” in 1976.

Black & White Illustration | 1939 | source

An illustration of the University of New York. New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian, research university in New York City. NYU’s main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan. Founded in 1831, NYU is the largest private, nonprofit institution of higher education in the United States, with an enrollment of more than 50,000 students.

Black & White Illustration | 1938 | source

St. Marys college, St. Andrews.

Black & White Illustration | 1937 | source

“An open-air schoolroom in Sacramento, California. The inclosed room is used only in bad weather.” — Ritchie, 1918

Black & White Illustration | 1936 | source

The schoolhouse which Abraham Lincoln attended

Black & White Illustration | 1935 | source

Black & White Illustration | 1934 | source