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Title: "The Gorge," from Machinery Hall
Creator: Armour Institute of Technology
Date: 1906
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). Photograph appears on page 33 of the 1906 Integral, the Armour Institute of Technology Yearbook. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Armour Institute of Technology yearbooks, 1898-1940

Title: Lewis Institute faculty group portrait, Chicago, Illinois, 1899
Date: 1899
Description: Picture of 1899 Lewis Institute faculty clipped from a newspaper in the 1920s. Those pictured include George Noble Carman (Director of Lewis...
Show morePicture of 1899 Lewis Institute faculty clipped from a newspaper in the 1920s. Those pictured include George Noble Carman (Director of Lewis Institute), John L. Bacon (later Mayor of San Diego, 1921-1927), Wallace W. Atwood (later President of Clark University, 1920-1946). Photographer and original source unknown.
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Collection: Lewis Institute records, 1827-1984

Title: Roman dinner, 1905
Date: 1905
Description: Photograph of male students dressed in costume for a Roman-themed dinner. Photographer unknown.
Collection: Lewis Institute records, 1827-1984

Title: The Armour Institute, Mission, and Flats
Date: 1899
Description: One glass slide depicting a drawing or engraving of Armour Institute of Technology, Armour Mission, and Armour Flats at the corner of 33rd and...
Show moreOne glass slide depicting a drawing or engraving of Armour Institute of Technology, Armour Mission, and Armour Flats at the corner of 33rd and Federal Streets. Aerial perspective view from the northeast. Image appears in an article about Armour Institute of Technology in "New England Magazine," May 1899 (or 1897?), p. 356. Artist unknown.
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Collection: Armour Institute of Technology slide, 1899

Title: Military Science Building, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Date: 1950
Description: Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed (1950) is approximate date. Building was located at 3201 South Michigan Avenue. Construction date...
Show moreDate of photograph is unknown. Date listed (1950) is approximate date. Building was located at 3201 South Michigan Avenue. Construction date unknown (demolished ca. 1996-97). This building was initially leased by the Armour Research Foundation in 1951, and acquired by Illinois Tech in 1965. Formerly/Also 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), Michigan Building (1972).
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Collection: Technology News slide collection, 1955-1960

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: 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, 1882-1947

Title: Alumni Memorial Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill., 1964
Date: 1964
Description: Photograph of Alumni Memorial Hall, formerly known as the Navy Building (1946), located at 3201 South Dearborn Street on the Illinois...
Show morePhotograph of Alumni Memorial Hall, formerly known as the Navy Building (1946), located at 3201 South Dearborn Street on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. The building was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1945-56. Holabird & Root, associated architects; Dahl-Steadman Co., contractor; Mittelbusher & Turtelot, architects; Frank W. Reider & Associates, renovation associated consultants and engineers for renovation. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Alumni Memorial Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Creator: Ryan, Dan
Date: 1960-1979
Description: Photograph of Alumni Memorial Hall, formerly known as the Navy Building (1946), located at 3201 South Dearborn Street on the Illinois...
Show morePhotograph of Alumni Memorial Hall, formerly known as the Navy Building (1946), located at 3201 South Dearborn Street on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. The building was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1945-56. Holabird & Root, associated architects; Dahl-Steadman Co., contractor; Mittelbusher & Turtelot, architects; Frank W. Reider & Associates, renovation associated consultants and engineers for renovation. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Thomas R. Brown Hall during demolition, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill., 1961
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology. Office of Public Relations
Date: 1961
Description: Photograph of Thomas R. Brown Hall during demolition in 1961. The building was designed by Francis M. Whitehouse of Burling & Whitehouse and...
Show morePhotograph of Thomas R. Brown Hall during demolition in 1961. The building was designed by Francis M. Whitehouse of Burling & Whitehouse and was located at 3254 South Michigan Avenue. Once known as Cudahy mansion, this building was purchased in 1939 for graduate students. It served as one of IIT's Naval housing quarters from 1942-45. After World War II, the building housed graduate students and, from 1948-61, the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. Formerly known as Cudahy Mansion (1880s-1919) , Chicago Motor Club (1919-1929), Quarters 2 (1943-1946), Graduate House (1939-1943, 1946-1948), Brown House (1950s), Brown Hall.
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Collection: Dan Ryan collection, 1954-1980

Title: Alpha Epsilon Pi house, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology. Office of Public Relations
Date: 1960-1969
Description: Building that housed the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity located on 3350 South Michigan Avenue, designed by architecture firm Mittelbusher &...
Show moreBuilding that housed the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity located on 3350 South Michigan Avenue, designed by architecture firm Mittelbusher & Tourtelot. The building was constructed in 1960 and demolished in 2007. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed (1960-1969) is approximate.
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Collection: Dan Ryan collection, 1954-1980

Title: Keith School, Chicago, Ill.
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology. Office of Public Relations
Date: 1950-1959
Description: Photograph of the Keith School, which was constructed in 1883 and demolishd in 1959. This elementary school, named after Chicago milliner...
Show morePhotograph of the Keith School, which was constructed in 1883 and demolishd in 1959. This elementary school, named after Chicago milliner Elbridge G. Keith, opened its doors in 1883. The school, which became increasingly surrounded by the Institute's campus, closed in 1959, and was demolished that same year. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed (1950-1959) is approximate.
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Collection: Dan Ryan collection, 1954-1980

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, 1882-1947

Title: North Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Date: 1960-1969
Description: Photograph of North Hall, located at 71 East 32nd Street, Chicago, Ill. The building was designed by Mittelbusher & Tourtelot, and was...
Show morePhotograph of North Hall, located at 71 East 32nd Street, Chicago, Ill. The building was designed by Mittelbusher & Tourtelot, and was constructed in 1959. 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: Life Sciences Building, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Date: 1970-1979
Description: Photograph of Life Sciences Building, located at 3105 South Dearborn Street. The building was designed by Myron Goldsmith of Skidmore, Owings ...
Show morePhotograph of Life Sciences Building, located at 3105 South Dearborn Street. The building was designed by Myron Goldsmith of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and was construced in 1966. 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: 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: 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

Title: Engineering 1 during construction, Chicago, Ill., 1967
Date: 1967
Description: Photograph of Engineering 1 building, designed by Myron Goldsmith of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, during construction. The building is located...
Show morePhotograph of Engineering 1 building, designed by Myron Goldsmith of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, during construction. The building is located at 10 West 32 Street. The building was renamed John T. Rettaliata Engineering Center in 2015. Photographer unknown.
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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: Grover M. Hermann Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Date: 1962-1969
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. 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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