Brooks Hall

A group on horseback rides in front of Brooks Hall, a High Victorian–style building on the grounds of the University of Virginia. Built in 1876, Brooks Hall originally served as the university's natural history museum. The museum's original collection featured models of a mammoth and a dinosaur.

This image was taken in 1890 by an unknown photographer.

Citation: University of Virginia Visual History Collection, RG-30/1/10.011, Special Collections, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.