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Title: Konrad Wachsmann with Institute of Design students Maurene Strug and Shirley Courtois, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1954-1959
Date: 1954-1959
Description: From attached caption: "Konrad Wachsmann, professor of advanced building research at the Institute of Design of Illinois Institute of...
Show moreFrom attached caption: "Konrad Wachsmann, professor of advanced building research at the Institute of Design of Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, explains principles of space-frame construction to students Maurene Strug and Shirley Courtois. A model of an open-air music shelter, designed b y an Illinois Tech graduate student for his master's thesis, and based on space-frame construction, is shown on the table." Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Armour Institute 1893, 1st football team
Date: 1893
Description: Photograph of the first football team of the Armour Institute of Technology, from Armour Institute classes of 1893 and 1894, page 16....
Show morePhotograph of the first football team of the Armour Institute of Technology, from Armour Institute classes of 1893 and 1894, page 16. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Armour Institute of Technology records, 1893-1941

Title: Engine Room, Main Building, Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1900
Date: 1890-1910
Description: Photograph of an Engine Room in Main Building. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
Collection: Armour Institute of Technology records, 1893-1941

Title: Design Direction, Book 1
Creator: Henry, Mary Dill, 1913-2009
Date: 1946
Description: Design Direction was Mary Henry's 1946 thesis for her graduate degree at the Institute of Design. The project, completed in collaboration with...
Show moreDesign Direction was Mary Henry's 1946 thesis for her graduate degree at the Institute of Design. The project, completed in collaboration with Emerson Woelffer, was based on a class for beginning students taught by Woelffer at ID. The course consisted of 18 exercises exploring the basic elements of design, each of which is represented in Henry's Design Directions. Book 1 consists of the design exercises themselves, Book 2 contains the textual component of the project.
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Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Mary Henry and Emerson Woelffer, Chicago, Illinois, 1945
Date: 1945
Description: Photograph of Institute of Design student Mary Henry with instructor Emerson Woelffer. Inscriptions on verso read "1945 Woelffer Mary Henry...
Show morePhotograph of Institute of Design student Mary Henry with instructor Emerson Woelffer. Inscriptions on verso read "1945 Woelffer Mary Henry Chicago" and "Remember? I always thought you were terrific! Wow!" Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Mary Henry at the Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois, 1945-1946
Date: 1945-1946
Description: Photograph of Mary Henry working on a metal sculpture as a student at the Institute of Design in 1945 or 1946. Inscription on verso reads ...
Show morePhotograph of Mary Henry working on a metal sculpture as a student at the Institute of Design in 1945 or 1946. Inscription on verso reads "Mary Henry at the Institute of Design in Chicago - Oak + Rush Streets - 1945-1946. I am constructing a metal sculpture in Nathan Lerner's workshop." Photographer unknown. The color in this photograph appears to be blue ink that has bled onto the photo from another source.
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Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: The Snow Cruiser
Creator: Armour Research Foundation (U.S.)
Date: 1939
Description: Cover of a glossy magazine published by the Armour Research Foundation on the Snow Cruiser Antarctic Expedition. The Snow Cruiser was designed...
Show moreCover of a glossy magazine published by the Armour Research Foundation on the Snow Cruiser Antarctic Expedition. The Snow Cruiser was designed by Armour Research Foundation Scientific Director Thomas C. Poulter, constructed by ARF, and taken on Richard Byrd's third Antarctic expedition.
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Collection: Kemper Library William H. Hyde, Jr. records, 1943-1971

Title: Untitled sketch
Creator: Henry, Mary Dill, 1913-2009
Date: 1990-01-16
Description: Sketch consisting of fifteen small, abstract compositions drawn by Mary Henry while on a two-week vacation on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Untitled drawing
Creator: Henry, Mary Dill, 1913-2009
Description: Untitled drawing by Mary Henry. Date of drawing unknown.
Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Spider Lily
Creator: Henry, Mary Dill, 1913-2009
Date: 1990-01
Description: Sketch of a spider lily drawn by Mary Henry while on a two-week vacation on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Untitled sketch
Creator: Henry, Mary Dill, 1913-2009
Date: 1990
Description: Sketch consisting of thirteen small, abstract compositions drawn by Mary Henry while on a two-week vacation on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Outlet Shed Penn Yan NY
Creator: LeVant, Howard
Date: 2020
Description: Digitally modified photograph of a pier, river, and wooden structure taken by photographer Howard LeVant in Penn Yan, NY as part of his...
Show moreDigitally modified photograph of a pier, river, and wooden structure taken by photographer Howard LeVant in Penn Yan, NY as part of his Painting Technique series. Title supplied by Howard LeVant.
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Collection: Howard LeVant papers, 1950-2020

Title: Paul V. Galvin Library plaza during renovation, including canopy, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1985
Date: 1985
Description: Photograph of the plaza adjacent to the main entrance of Paul V. Galvin Library, including the steel-beam canopy installed and shortly removed...
Show morePhotograph of the plaza adjacent to the main entrance of Paul V. Galvin Library, including the steel-beam canopy installed and shortly removed during the library's renovation in 1985. The canopy was designed by architect Robert Nevel, project head for Mekus/Johnson, Inc., and was dismantled within weeks of its installation after protests from administrators, faculty, and students at Illinois Tech's College of Architecture Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Galvin Library building renovation collection, 1985

Title: Illinois Institute of Technology Fraternity Row, South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950s
Date: 1950-1959
Description: Color slide showing a section of the west side of the 3200 block of South Michigan Avenue. A number of the greystone buildings visible served...
Show moreColor slide showing a section of the west side of the 3200 block of South Michigan Avenue. A number of the greystone buildings visible served as Illinois Tech fraternity houses, including, at the far left of the photograph, Brown Hall, the Delta Tau Delta House, and the Phi Kappa Sigma house. At the far right of the photograph, the buildings are believed to include the Alpha Sigma Phi house, the Triangle House, and the Pi Kappa Phi house. These buildings were all demolished between ca. 1959-1963 as the block was cleared for the construction of new Illinois Tech dormitories. Photographer unknown, possibly a member of the university's Department of Public Relations. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Dan Ryan collection, ca. 1891-1989

Title: S.R. Crown Hall under construction, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950-56
Date: 1950-1956
Description: Photograph of S.R. Crown Hall under construction, taken from the northeast. Crown Hall was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and was...
Show morePhotograph of S.R. Crown Hall under construction, taken from the northeast. Crown Hall was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and was constructed in 1950-1956. 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: S.R. Crown Hall under construction, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950-56
Date: 1950-1956
Description: Photograph of S.R. Crown Hall under construction, taken from the southeast corner of South Dearborn Street and West 34th Street. Crown Hall...
Show morePhotograph of S.R. Crown Hall under construction, taken from the southeast corner of South Dearborn Street and West 34th Street. Crown Hall was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and was constructed in 1950-1956. 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: Siegel Hall under construction, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1951
Date: 1956
Description: Photograph of Siegel Hall under construction. Siegel Hall, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is located at 3301 South Dearborn Street, and...
Show morePhotograph of Siegel Hall under construction. Siegel Hall, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is located at 3301 South Dearborn Street, and was constructed in 1956-1957. The building was formerly known as: Electrical Engineering and Physics Building (ca. 1957), and the Lewis Building (planned name, never officially used). Also visible are S.R. Crown Hall, the Institute of Gas Technology, Armour Research Foundation Metals Research Building II, Keith School, and Armour Research Foundation Chemistry Research Building. Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Demolition of the Armour Research Foundation building at 55 East 33rd Street, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1975
Date: 1975
Description: Photograph of the demolition of the Armour Research Building located at 55 East 33rd Street (Wabash Ave & 33rd St) on the Illinois Institute...
Show morePhotograph of the demolition of the Armour Research Building located at 55 East 33rd Street (Wabash Ave & 33rd St) on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. The building, built in 1920s, originally housed the Huber and Huber Motor Express trucking terminal. The building was acquired by the Armour Research Foundation in 1949, and renovated in the 1950s. It housed various ARF activities in the subsequent decades, including Physics and Chemistry research, before housing the Institute for Psychological Services in the years immediately prior to its demolition in 1975.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Siegel Hall foyer, looking out to Main Building and other campus buildings, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1962-1968
Date: 1962-1968
Description: Photograph of the view from the foyer of Siegel Hall, looking west. Main Building is visible at center, also shown are Crerar Library, the...
Show morePhotograph of the view from the foyer of Siegel Hall, looking west. Main Building is visible at center, also shown are Crerar Library, the Physics Building/Chapin Hall, and Machinery Hall. 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: The Economics-Mechanics Building, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950s-1960s
Date: 1950-1969
Description: Photograph of the Economics-Mechanics Building (also known as Temporary Building No. 1 and the Administration and Classroom Annex) on the...
Show morePhotograph of the Economics-Mechanics Building (also known as Temporary Building No. 1 and the Administration and Classroom Annex) on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology. Built as part of a 1947 Federal Works Agency project to provide facilities for veterans of World War II, this building was demolished after its activities were moved to Stuart Hall in 1972. 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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