Happy Birthday Yale! Here's what the campus looked like in the 1800s

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Members of the Yale polo team stand with their horses in this photograph taken in 1932.

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The Yale polo team in 1932.

Yale University celebrates its 314th birthday on Friday. It's the third oldest university in the US; only Harvard University and the College of William and Mary are older.

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Yale was founded on October 9, 1701 in New Haven, Connecticut. First named The Collegiate School of Connecticut, it was renamed Yale University after a Elihu Yale who provided a generous donation to the school in 1718.

Scroll through the photos below to see what life on campus was like in the 1800s:

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