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Title: Armour Research Foundation Laboratory and Administration Building during demolition, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1961
Date: 1961
Description: Photograph of Armour Research Foundation Laboratory and Administration Building during demolition, with Armour Mission in the background....
Show morePhotograph of Armour Research Foundation Laboratory and Administration Building during demolition, with Armour Mission in the background. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date listed is approximate. This photograph is located in a folder with photographs of the Armour Mission, but visual evidence indicates that this is instead the Armour Research Foundation Laboratory and Administration Building, formerly part of the Armour Flats.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Armour Research Foundation Chemistry Research Building 2, Chicago, Ill., 1975
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology. Office of Public Relations
Description: Photograph of the Armour Research Foundation Chemistry Research Building 2 prior to demolition in 1975. The building, located at 55 East 33rd...
Show morePhotograph of the Armour Research Foundation Chemistry Research Building 2 prior to demolition in 1975. The building, located at 55 East 33rd Street, was constructed in the 1920s, remodeled in 1950, and demolished in 1975. The former Huber & Huber trucking terminal was acquired by the Armour Research Foundation in 1949. This building housed the Institute for Psychological Services in the years immediately prior to its demolition in 1975. Also known as: Huber and Huber Motor Express Building (1920s-1949), Armour Research Foundation Physics Research Building (ca. 1950s), Armour Research Foundation Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Building No. 2 (1959), Armour Research Foundation Service (1961), 33rd and Wabash Building (1960s), Wabash Building (1960s).
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Collection: Dan Ryan collection, 1954-1980

Title: Armour Research Foundation Laboratory and Administration Building, Chicago Ill.
Date: 1940-1949
Description: Photograph of the Armour Research Foundation Laboratory and Administration Building. Built as part of Armour Flats (Patton & Fisher, 1888),...
Show morePhotograph of the Armour Research Foundation Laboratory and Administration Building. Built as part of Armour Flats (Patton & Fisher, 1888), this building housed the Civil Engineering, Fire Protection Engineering, and Social Science departments in the 1930s. The 33rd Street Building was given to Armour Research Foundation when ARF was founded in 1936. Formerly/Also Known As: Armour Flats (1888-ca. 1930), 33rd Street Building (ca. 1930-1936), Armour Research Foundation Engineering Research Building II (1953-1961). 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 Engineering Research Building, Chicago, Ill.
Date: 1940-1959
Description: Photograph of Armour Research Foundation Engineering Research Building. The building was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Five bays of...
Show morePhotograph of Armour Research Foundation Engineering Research Building. The building was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Five bays of this building, known then as the Diesel Lab Building, were constructed in 1944, with five new bays following later that year. In 1945, an additional 7 bays were begun. Only upon their completion in 1946, did the ARF Engineering Research Building reach its final dimensions. The university library was housed in the south section of the building before the construction of the John Crerar Library in 1962. The building is also known as: Armour Research Foundation Automotive Research Laboratory (1945), Armour Research Foundation Engineering Research Building (1946-1963), Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute Engineering Research Building (1963-2011). 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 Mechanical Engineering Research Building, Chicago, Ill., 1954
Creator: Armour Research Foundation (U.S.)
Date: 1954
Description: Photograph of the Armour Research Foundation Mechanical Engineering Research Building. The building is located at 35 West 34th Street, and was...
Show morePhotograph of the Armour Research Foundation Mechanical Engineering Research Building. The building is located at 35 West 34th Street, and was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. It was constructed in 1951-1952. Nine bays were added to the north end of the building in 1961. The building was known as Armour Research Foundation Mechanical Engineering Research Building I (1952-1963), IIT Research Institute Mechanical Engineering Research Building I (1963-1970s), Mechanical Research Building, Life Sciences Research Building, IITRI Center.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, Ill., 1945
Date: 1945
Description: Photograph of the Institute of Gas Technology. The building was designed by Alfred S. Alschuler, constructed in 1940-1941 and demolished in...
Show morePhotograph of the Institute of Gas Technology. The building was designed by Alfred S. Alschuler, constructed in 1940-1941 and demolished in 1968. The building is located at 13 West 33rd Street. The building was constructed in the early 1940s to serve as as an Armour Research Foundation laboratory building and soon became the first headquarters of the Institute of Gas Technology. An addition was built for the IGT in 1944. The State Street Building also housed Illinois Tech's temporary gymnasium in the mid-1960s. Some reports indicate that this building included a row of 1880s storefronts along State Street, others that the pre-existing section of structure was built in 1926. The building was also known as: Institute of Gas Technology (1940s), Armour Research Foundation State Street Building (ca. 1945-ca. 1954), Armour Research Foundation Laboratory (1940s), Armour Research Foundation Chemistry Research Building 1 (1950s), Armour Research Foundation Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Building (ca. 1955), IIT Research Institute Laboratory (1960s), IIT Service (1960s). Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Huber & Huber Motor Express Building, Chicago, Ill., 1949
Date: 1949
Description: Photograph of the Huber & Huber Motor Express Building in 1949. The building, located at 55 East 33rd Street, was constructed in the 1920s,...
Show morePhotograph of the Huber & Huber Motor Express Building in 1949. The building, located at 55 East 33rd Street, was constructed in the 1920s, remodeled in 1950, and demolished in 1975. The former Huber & Huber trucking terminal was acquired by the Armour Research Foundation in 1949. This building housed the Institute for Psychological Services in the years immediately prior to its demolition in 1975. Also known as: Huber and Huber Motor Express Building (1920s-1949), Armour Research Foundation Physics Research Building (ca. 1950s), Armour Research Foundation Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Building No. 2 (1959), Armour Research Foundation Service (1961), 33rd and Wabash Building (1960s), Wabash Building (1960s). Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

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