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Title: Armour Research Foundation Administrative Offices from the CTA platform, Chicago, Ill., 1963
Date: 1963
Description: Photograph of the Armour Research Foundation Administrative Offices from the CTA platform, with the ARF Chemistry Research Building and IGT...
Show morePhotograph of the Armour Research Foundation Administrative Offices from the CTA platform, with the ARF Chemistry Research Building and IGT South Building also pictured. The buildings that eventually became the Armour Research Foundation (ARF) Administration Building were constructed as the Binga State Bank (1924) and Binga Arcade Building (1929) by African-American entrepreneur Jesse Binga. The buildings were purchased by Illinois Institute of Technology in 1952, and ARF took up residence in 1954. Also known as: Binga State Bank (1924-1930), Arcade Building (1929-1953). Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Arcade Building being demolished, with IITRI Tower in the background, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Date: 1964
Description: Photograph of the Arcade Building being demolished, circa 1964. The buildings that eventually became the Armour Research Foundation (ARF)...
Show morePhotograph of the Arcade Building being demolished, circa 1964. The buildings that eventually became the Armour Research Foundation (ARF) Administration Building were constructed as the Binga State Bank (1924) and Binga Arcade Building (1929) by African-American entrepreneur Jesse Binga. The buildings were purchased by Illinois Institute of Technology in 1952, and ARF took up residence in 1954. Also known as: Binga State Bank (1924-1930), Arcade Building (1929-1953). Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: ARF Electrical Engineering Building, Chicago, Ill., 1953
Creator: Armour Research Foundation (U.S.)
Date: 1953
Description: Photograph of the ARF Electrical Engineering Building, located at 3201 South Michigan Avenue. The building was demolished in 1996-97. This...
Show morePhotograph of the ARF Electrical Engineering Building, located at 3201 South Michigan Avenue. The building was demolished in 1996-97. This building was initially leased by the Armour Research Foundation in 1951, and acquired by Illinois Tech in 1965. It was known as: Richard D. Irwin Inc. Building (unknown-1941), Sampson Electric Company (1930s-1950s?), Armour Research Foundation Electrical Engineering Research Building (1951-1965), Information Science Building (ca. 1965-ca. 1972), Military Science Building, and Michigan Building (1972).
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Association of American Railroads Technical Center, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Date: 1950-1959
Description: Photograph of Association of American Railroads Technical Center. The building was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and was constructed in...
Show morePhotograph of Association of American Railroads Technical Center. The building was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and was constructed in 1950. It is located at 3140 South Federal Street. VanderCook College of Music moved into the building in early 1996. It was formerly known as the Association of American Railroads Chicago Technical Center (1960-ca. 1993), Association of American Railroads Administration, Association of American Railroads Research Building. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Association of American Railroads Technical Center, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Date: 1950-1959
Description: Photograph of Association of American Railroads Technical Center. The building was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and was constructed in...
Show morePhotograph of Association of American Railroads Technical Center. The building was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and was constructed in 1950. It is located at 3140 South Federal Street. VanderCook College of Music moved into the building in early 1996. It was formerly known as the Association of American Railroads Chicago Technical Center (1960-ca. 1993), Association of American Railroads Administration, Association of American Railroads Research Building. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Armour Research Foundation Administration Offices, Chicago, Illinois
Date: 1940-1959
Description: The buildings that eventually became the Armour Research Foundation (ARF) Administration Building were constructed as the Binga State Bank ...
Show moreThe buildings that eventually became the Armour Research Foundation (ARF) Administration Building were constructed as the Binga State Bank (1924) and Binga Arcade Building (1929) by African-American entrepreneur Jesse Binga. The buildings were purchased by Illinois Institute of Technology in 1952, and ARF took up residence in 1954. Also known as: Binga State Bank (1924-1930), Arcade Building (1929-1953). Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Farr Hall under construction, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill., 1948
Date: 1948
Description: Photograph of Farr Hall under construction in 1948. Farr Hall is located at 3300 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill. It was designed by the...
Show morePhotograph of Farr Hall under construction in 1948. Farr Hall is located at 3300 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill. It was designed by the firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and was constructed in 1948. Farr Hall was also known as Student Service Building beginning in 1977. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Heating Plant, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill., 1952
Date: 1952
Description: Photograph of the Illinois Institute of Technology heating plant, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The plant is located at 3430 South...
Show morePhotograph of the Illinois Institute of Technology heating plant, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The plant is located at 3430 South Federal Street, and was constructed 1945-1950. It was formerly known as the Boiler Plant and Steam Generating Plant, Power Plant (1940s). Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Harold Leonard Stuart Building, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Creator: Ryan, Dan
Date: 1960-1979
Description: Photograph of Harold Leonard Stuart Building, located at 10 West 31st Street. The building was designed by Myron Goldsmith, Skidmore, Owings &...
Show morePhotograph of Harold Leonard Stuart Building, located at 10 West 31st Street. The building was designed by Myron Goldsmith, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and constructed in 1969-71. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Heating Plant, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Creator: Ryan, Dan
Date: 1960-1979
Description: Photograph of the Illinois Institute of Technology heating plant, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The plant is located at 3430 South...
Show morePhotograph of the Illinois Institute of Technology heating plant, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The plant is located at 3430 South Federal Street, and was constructed 1945-1950. It was formerly known as the Boiler Plant and Steam Generating Plant, Power Plant (1940s). Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Crerar Library, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill., 1962
Date: 1962
Description: Photograph of Crerar Library after construction in 1962. The building was designed by Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The...
Show morePhotograph of Crerar Library after construction in 1962. The building was designed by Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The building is located at 35 West 33rd Street. The John Crerar Library moved to the University of Chicago in 1985, prompting the renaming and renovation of the building, now the Paul V. Galvin Library. Previously, the independent Crerar Library had housed IIT's James S. Kemper Library. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Grover M. Hermann Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Date: 1963
Description: Photograph of Hermann Hall, located at 3241 South Federal Street. Grover M. Hermann Hall was designed by Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings &...
Show morePhotograph of Hermann Hall, located at 3241 South Federal Street. Grover M. Hermann Hall was designed by Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and constructed in 1962. Also known as: Hermann Hall, Hermann Union Building, HUB. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: S. R. Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Creator: Ryan, Dan
Date: 1960-1979
Description: Photograph of S. R. Crown Hall, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The building is located at 3360 State Street, and was constructed in...
Show morePhotograph of S. R. Crown Hall, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The building is located at 3360 State Street, and was constructed in 1950-1956. Although planning began for the new home for the College of Architecture and Institute of Design, began in the early 1950s, construction on the building didn't begin until December, 1954. S.R. Crown Hall was designated a Chicago Landmark in 1997, and a National Historic Landmark in 2001. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Early Identification Program students with rocket, Chicago, Illinois, 1976
Date: 1976
Description: Photograph of students from IIT's Early Identification Program watching the launch of a mode rocket. From attached caption: "A model rocket...
Show morePhotograph of students from IIT's Early Identification Program watching the launch of a mode rocket. From attached caption: "A model rocket zooms into space as Early Identification Program students at the Illinois Institute of Technology watch their team effort take off successfully. The eight-week program is sponsored by IIT for bright high-school seniors interested in engineering, and includes team projects, visits to Chicago company and plant locations, and counseling on how to interview for jobs and apply for colleges." Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Early Identification students, 1979
Date: 1979
Description: Photograph of students from IIT's Early Identification Program (and possibly one instructor or staff member). From a contemporaneous press...
Show morePhotograph of students from IIT's Early Identification Program (and possibly one instructor or staff member). From a contemporaneous press release: "The eight-week program is sponsored by IIT for bright high-school seniors interested in engineering, and includes team projects, visits to Chicago company and plant locations, and counseling on how to interview for jobs and apply for colleges." Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Fanny Butcher, date unknown
Description: Photograph of Fanny Butcher, writer, critic, and editor at the Chicago Tribune from 1913-1963. Butcher owned the bookstore Fanny Butcher books...
Show morePhotograph of Fanny Butcher, writer, critic, and editor at the Chicago Tribune from 1913-1963. Butcher owned the bookstore Fanny Butcher books, which became a literary salon. Butcher attended the Lewis Institute from 1906 to 1908. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: László Moholy-Nagy
Date: 1930-1946
Description: Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Main Building and the "Gorge" (Federal Street and the buildings that lined it), Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill., 1916
Date: 1916
Description: Photograph of the Main Building, designed by Patton & Fisher and constructed 1891-1893, and the other buildings on Federal Street (looking...
Show morePhotograph of the Main Building, designed by Patton & Fisher and constructed 1891-1893, and the other buildings on Federal Street (looking south). Main Building is located at 3300 South Federal Street, and was made a Chicago landmark in 2004. The campus' original heating plant was housed in the extension to the south of the Main Building. This extension has had its smokestacks removed, and now serves as a buildings and grounds storage space. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Lewis Hall, Chicago, Ill.
Date: 1970-1989
Description: Photograph of Lewis Hall, designed by Mittelbusher & Tourtelot and constructed in 1966. The building is located at 70 East 33rd Street....
Show morePhotograph of Lewis Hall, designed by Mittelbusher & Tourtelot and constructed in 1966. The building is located at 70 East 33rd Street. Formerly known as: Women's Hall (ca. 1970s). Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Interior of the Arcade Building in Chicago, Ill.
Date: 1929-1953
Description: Photograph of the interior of the Arcade Building on 35th Street in Chicago, Ill. The buildings that eventually became the Armour Research...
Show morePhotograph of the interior of the Arcade Building on 35th Street in Chicago, Ill. The buildings that eventually became the Armour Research Foundation (ARF) Administration Building were constructed as the Binga State Bank (1924) and Binga Arcade Building (1929) by African-American entrepreneur Jesse Binga. The buildings were purchased by Illinois Institute of Technology in 1952, and ARF took up residence in 1954. Also known as: Binga State Bank (1924-1930), Arcade Building (1929-1953). Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

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