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Title: Marvin Camras, ca. 1950
Date: 1947-1953
Description: Photograph of Chicago native and Illinois tech alumnus Marvin Camras, who created an innovative magnetic recording head during his...
Show morePhotograph of Chicago native and Illinois tech alumnus Marvin Camras, who created an innovative magnetic recording head during his undergraduate years that improved sound quality by impressing a recording symmetrically on a wire by the gap of air between the wire and the head. His research led to developments that underlie many modern recording and communication techniques. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Marvin Camras papers, 1940-ca. 1990

Title: Marvin Camras, ca. 1950s
Date: 1950-1959
Description: Photograph of Chicago native and Illinois tech alumnus Marvin Camras, who created an innovative magnetic recording head during his...
Show morePhotograph of Chicago native and Illinois tech alumnus Marvin Camras, who created an innovative magnetic recording head during his undergraduate years that improved sound quality by impressing a recording symmetrically on a wire by the gap of air between the wire and the head. His research led to developments that underlie many modern recording and communication techniques. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Marvin Camras papers, 1940-ca. 1990

Title: Marvin Camras, ca. 1990
Creator: DeGrane, Lloyd, 1948-
Date: 1990-1995
Description: Photograph of Chicago native and Illinois tech alumnus Marvin Camras, who created an innovative magnetic recording head during his...
Show morePhotograph of Chicago native and Illinois tech alumnus Marvin Camras, who created an innovative magnetic recording head during his undergraduate years that improved sound quality by impressing a recording symmetrically on a wire by the gap of air between the wire and the head. His research led to developments that underlie many modern recording and communication techniques. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Marvin Camras papers, 1940-ca. 1990

Title: Assistant Librarian Carolyn Leroy in the Armour Research Foundation Library, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1947-1949
Date: 1947-1949
Description: From the caption in ARF News: "Assistant Librarian Carolyn Leroy selects pamphlet from file." Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is...
Show moreFrom the caption in ARF News: "Assistant Librarian Carolyn Leroy selects pamphlet from file." Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Nuclear reactor sign, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1955-1956
Date: 1955-1956
Description: Photograph of a sign announcing Armour Research Foundation's nuclear reactor, the first privately-owned nuclear reactor in the world, located...
Show morePhotograph of a sign announcing Armour Research Foundation's nuclear reactor, the first privately-owned nuclear reactor in the world, located in the ARF Physics and Electrical Engineering Research Building. Photographer unknown, probably from the staff of Tech News, the student newspaper.
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Collection: Technology News slide collection, 1955 -1960

Title: Padlock research, Armour Research Foundation, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950s
Date: 1950-1959
Description: From the attached caption: "Wearing out the tumblers in padlocks is part of an investigation undertaken at Armour Research Foundation of...
Show moreFrom the attached caption: "Wearing out the tumblers in padlocks is part of an investigation undertaken at Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology to improve the service of combination-type padlock parts. David Horwitz, associate research engineer, works on wheel that subjects tumblers to repeated rotations which can be translated into years of actual service. William T. Savage, supervisor of materials engineering, (left) is a specialist in materials utilization." Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Leonard Reiffel performing an experiment using Armour Research Foundation's nuclear reactor, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1956
Date: 1956
Description: Photograph of Leonard Reiffel conducting an experiment using Armour Research Foundation's nuclear reactor, the first privately-owned nuclear...
Show morePhotograph of Leonard Reiffel conducting an experiment using Armour Research Foundation's nuclear reactor, the first privately-owned nuclear reactor in the world, located in the ARF Physics and Electrical Engineering Research Building. From the attached caption: "Slave manipulator ion the 'hot' cell of new nuclear reactor at Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, is operated by Dr. Leonard Reiffel, manager of physics research. Experiments are observed through a lead-glass window three feet thick, which gives people radiation protection. The special window , which contains lead in the glass, is composed of six sheets of glass separated with oil. In use, the slave manipulator responds to both wrist and finger movements of the operator." Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: William Davidson at Illinois Institute of Technology Computing Center, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950s
Date: 1950-1959
Description: From the attached press release: "Performing an analog computation in Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology's...
Show moreFrom the attached press release: "Performing an analog computation in Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology's Computer Center is William A. Davidson, associate electrical engineer." Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Engineering economics study group, Armour Research Foundation, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1951-1957
Date: 1951-1957
Description: From the attached caption: "Engineering economics study group at Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago,...
Show moreFrom the attached caption: "Engineering economics study group at Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, considers a problem in the profitability of new production facilities. Clockwise are Raymond A. Erickson, supervisor of engineering economics, Harvey E. Glaess, associate chemist, John D. Keane, assistant supervisor of chemical engineering, and Richard H. Snow, research fellow." Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Armour Research Foundation mechanism and dynamics research department, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950s
Date: 1950-1959
Description: From the attached caption: "Engineers and designers work in the large design area in Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of...
Show moreFrom the attached caption: "Engineers and designers work in the large design area in Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology's mechanism and dynamics research department." Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Seymour Bortz using a hydraulic press, Armour Research Foundation, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, ca. 1950s
Date: 1953-1959
Description: From the attached caption: "Seymour A. Bortz, structural engineer in the ceramics and minerals research department at Armour Research...
Show moreFrom the attached caption: "Seymour A. Bortz, structural engineer in the ceramics and minerals research department at Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, investigates the flexural strength of a concrete specimen by means of electric strain gages and a hydraulic press." Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Armour Research Foundation clay grinding machine, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950s
Date: 1950-1959
Description: From the attached press release: "Brainstorming by engineering economists at Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology...
Show moreFrom the attached press release: "Brainstorming by engineering economists at Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology uncovered methods of grafting clay raw material to reduce particle size of limestone and eliminate surface popping, or "spelling." This machine is used in a spooner's plant to mix clay and water, remove air from mixture, and extrude clay in cylindrical form." Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Al Litvin holding the all-clay construction block developed at Armour Research Foundation, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1956
Date: 1956
Description: From the attached press release: "New, colorful, all-clay construction block developed at Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of...
Show moreFrom the attached press release: "New, colorful, all-clay construction block developed at Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, weighs less than conventional concrete blocks. Al Litvin, supervisor of masonry materials, holds the ceramic block after removing it from molding machine." Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Stanley Cohn and radar apparatus, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950s
Date: 1950-1959
Description: From the attached press release: "Stanley I. Cohn, supervisor of communications and radio frequency applications at Armour Research Foundation...
Show moreFrom the attached press release: "Stanley I. Cohn, supervisor of communications and radio frequency applications at Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, evaluates portion of a transmitter for a specialized radar apparatus." Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Grant Wantling and the M39 cannon, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950s
Date: 1951-1959
Description: From the attached press release: "Fastest-firing single-barrel cannon, the M39 revolver-type weapon, is fed a ribbon of 20 mm ammunition by...
Show moreFrom the attached press release: "Fastest-firing single-barrel cannon, the M39 revolver-type weapon, is fed a ribbon of 20 mm ammunition by Grant Wantling, associate engineer at Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology. The cannon, currently used on jet warplanes, is the result of eight years intensive research by ARF, the government, and industrial concerns." Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Dr. Stanley Katz and the Aerosoloscope, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1955
Date: 1955
Description: From the attached press release: "Dr. Sidney Katz, senior chemist at Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, records...
Show moreFrom the attached press release: "Dr. Sidney Katz, senior chemist at Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, records data from the "Aerosoloscope," an electronic instrument he helped develop. The device, which measures and counts airborne particles, may be the forerunner of a detector against biological warfare." Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Armour Research Foundation ceramics engineer using optical pyrometer, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1940s
Date: 1940-1949
Description: From the attached press release: "Optical Pyrometer is used by a ceramics engineer at Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of...
Show moreFrom the attached press release: "Optical Pyrometer is used by a ceramics engineer at Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology to check temperature of pot furnace. Furnace converts carbonates to oxides following completion of ore dressing processes." Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: IBM 650 computer, Armour Research Foundation, Illinois Institute of Technology, ca. 1954-59
Date: 1954-1959
Description: Photograph of two men operating the IBM 650 Magnetic Drum Data-Processing Machine at Armour Research Foundation. Photographer unknown. Date of...
Show morePhotograph of two men operating the IBM 650 Magnetic Drum Data-Processing Machine at Armour Research Foundation. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: IITRI Eclipse Expedition, ca. 1965-1966
Date: 1965-1966
Description: Photograph of IIT Research Institute personnel and a Chevrolet Corvair 95 van on (or on their way to) a so-called Eclipse Expedition, likely...
Show morePhotograph of IIT Research Institute personnel and a Chevrolet Corvair 95 van on (or on their way to) a so-called Eclipse Expedition, likely either in the Cook Islands in 1965 or near Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 1966. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Interior of the Armour Research Foundation library, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1947-1949
Date: 1947-1949
Description: From caption in ARF News: "Overall scene of the ARF library, located on the second floor at the south end of the Engineering building. In...
Show moreFrom caption in ARF News: "Overall scene of the ARF library, located on the second floor at the south end of the Engineering building. In background, rack of periodicals, and in right background, shelves of chemical abstracts." Librarian Marilynn Collins is in the center of the photograph and Assistant Librarian Carolynn Leroy is to the right. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

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