Ezra Cornell
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Ezra Cornell was an American businessman, politician, academic, and philanthropist. He was the founder of Western Union and a co-founder of Cornell University. He also served as President of the New York Agriculture Society and as a New York State Senator.
Cornell Free Library at Seneca and Tioga Streets in Ithaca, New York
This bronze statue of Ezra Cornell by Hermon Atkins MacNeil was erected on Cornell University's Arts Quad in 1919.
Llenroc was constructed by Cornell prior to his 1874 death; it is now the Delta Phi fraternity house at Cornell University.
Ithaca, New York
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Ithaca is a city in and the county seat of Tompkins County, New York, United States. Situated on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes region of New York, Ithaca is the largest community in the Ithaca metropolitan statistical area. It is named after the Greek island of Ithaca. As of 2020, the city's population was 32,108.
Clockwise from top left: Ithaca during winter, Ithaca during autumn, Ithaca Commons (downtown), Ithaca Falls, Hemlock Gorge, Cornell University
Cascadilla Creek gorge
State Street in Ithaca, c. 1901
Ithaca Gun Company's Annie Oakley gun in 1916