Photograph of Oberlin College’s Second Ladies Hall, c. 1865

Sandusky, Ohio, 1865. 2 ½ x 4 inch CDV. Normal wear; Near Fine.. A photograph by Sandusky, Ohio-based photographer A. C. Platt showing the new Ladies Hall at Oberlin College, around 1865. Oberlin was the first college in the US to admit women, initially offering them a degree from the “Ladies Department” but in 1837 allowing them to enter the regular degree program. The building pictured is the second Ladies Hall, a dormitory with reading and meeting rooms built between 1861 and 1865.