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Cap and Gown Club as depicted in 1895

Cap and Gown Club as depicted in 1895

Princeton University. Property of the Trustees of Princeton University.

Source: Bric-a-Brac, 1895, p.194

The next arrival on Prospect Avenue was Cap & Gown. Its original building -- later known as the "Incubator" because so many clubs would be spawned there -- was a small, simple cottage with a gambrel roof...