Lee De Forest, a pioneer of wireless communication, served as a faculty member at Lewis Institute during the turn of the twentieth century.... Show moreLee De Forest, a pioneer of wireless communication, served as a faculty member at Lewis Institute during the turn of the twentieth century. During that time he conducted his first long-distance broadcasts from the roof of Main Building at the Armour Institute of Technology. De Forest also invented of the Audion three-element vacuum tube and patented a method of recording sound on film that the movie industry would later adopt. Photographer uknown. Show less
The entrance of the Lewis Institute at 1951 W Madison Avenue displaying the Illinois Institute of Technology name after Lewis and Armour... Show moreThe entrance of the Lewis Institute at 1951 W Madison Avenue displaying the Illinois Institute of Technology name after Lewis and Armour Institute of Technology merged to create Illinois Tech in 1940. Show less
Benjamin de Brie Taylor was Director of the Institute of Design at IIT from 1973 to 1975, and remained on the faculty at ID until 1987. Date... Show moreBenjamin de Brie Taylor was Director of the Institute of Design at IIT from 1973 to 1975, and remained on the faculty at ID until 1987. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Show less
Benjamin de Brie Taylor was Director of the Institute of Design at IIT from 1973 to 1975, and remained on the faculty at ID until 1987. Date... Show moreBenjamin de Brie Taylor was Director of the Institute of Design at IIT from 1973 to 1975, and remained on the faculty at ID until 1987. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Show less
Photograph of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy at the Institute of Design (or possibly the School of Design before it was renamed the Institute of Design in... Show morePhotograph of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy at the Institute of Design (or possibly the School of Design before it was renamed the Institute of Design in 1944). Photographer unknown. Show less
Photograph of a design for unbreakable wooden springs, possibly designed by Glenn Foss. Superimposition of two photographs shows the... Show morePhotograph of a design for unbreakable wooden springs, possibly designed by Glenn Foss. Superimposition of two photographs shows the deflection of weight. Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed is approximate. Show less
Students in Hermann Hall auditorium, probably in a lecture. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is... Show moreStudents in Hermann Hall auditorium, probably in a lecture. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Show less
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. Show less
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. Show less
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. Show less
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. Show less
Photograph of Civil Engineering students doing their laundry at Camp Armour on Upper Trout Lake near Boulder Junction, Wisconsin. From caption... Show morePhotograph of Civil Engineering students doing their laundry at Camp Armour on Upper Trout Lake near Boulder Junction, Wisconsin. From caption: "'Three little boys from school are we' might well be the anthem of these three Illinois Institute of Technology students who belong to the civil engineering department's six-week intensive summer surveying course at Camp Armour, northwoods classroom north of Minocqua, Wisconsin. Extra-curricular activity in this case includes the washing of clothes on Saturday morning, a regular feature of camplife. Left to right are: Irwin Lachman, 3910 Congress Street, a junior in September; Vance F. Zdarsky, 5138 S. Artesian Avenue, a senior in September, and John S. Jackimiec, 1651 S. Troy Street, likewise a senior. Camp Armour closed its twenty-seventh season last week (July 26)." Show less