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Title: Street view of Lewis Institute, Chicago, Illinois
Date: 1938-1942
Description: The Lewis Institute at 1951 W Madison Ave. Lewis Institute was strategically located at the intersection of Madison Street and Robey Street ...
Show moreThe Lewis Institute at 1951 W Madison Ave. Lewis Institute was strategically located at the intersection of Madison Street and Robey Street (now Damen Avenue). This location served as a transfer point for two of Chicago's 19th century streetcar lines making the school easily accessible by public transportation. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Lewis Institute records, 1827-1984

Title: Lee de Forest receiving honorary doctorate from Lewis Institute, 1937
Date: 1937
Description: 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.
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Collection: Lewis Institute records, 1827-1984

Title: Dorothy Thompson, ca. 1939
Date: 1935-1945
Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Cheerleaders in Keating Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1966-1976
Date: 1966-1976
Description: Photograph of Illinois Tech cheerleaders in Keating Hall. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Benjamin de Brie Taylor, 1970s
Date: 1973-1979
Description: 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.
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Title: Benjamin de Brie Taylor, 1970s
Date: 1973-1979
Description: 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.
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Title: László Moholy-Nagy at the Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois, 1944
Date: 1944
Description: 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.
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Collection: Biographical files collection, 1900-2014

Title: Unbreakable wooden springs, ca. 1942
Creator: Halbe, Milton
Date: 1942
Description: 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.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Marvin Camras, ca. 1950
Date: 1947-1953
Description: 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.
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Collection: Marvin Camras papers, 1940-ca. 1990

Title: Marvin Camras, ca. 1950s
Date: 1950-1959
Description: 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.
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Collection: Marvin Camras papers, 1940-ca. 1990

Title: Marvin Camras, ca. 1990
Creator: DeGrane, Lloyd, 1948-
Date: 1990-1995
Description: 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.
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Collection: Marvin Camras papers, 1940-ca. 1990

Title: Assistant Librarian Carolyn Leroy in the Armour Research Foundation Library, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1947-1949
Date: 1947-1949
Description: 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.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Students building a snowman, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1980s
Creator: Lightfoot, Robert M., III
Date: 1980-1989
Description: Photograph of students building a snowman on present day Siegel Field, north of S.R. Crown Hall on the Illinois Tech campus. Date of...
Show morePhotograph of students building a snowman on present day Siegel Field, north of S.R. Crown Hall on the Illinois Tech campus. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Jack Waldheim working on a woodcut with a circular saw, Chicago School of Design/Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois, ca. early 1940s
Creator: Chicago School of Design
Date: 1940-1945
Description: Photograph of student Jack Waldheim working with a circular saw. Waldheim was a student during the time at which the school's name changed...
Show morePhotograph of student Jack Waldheim working with a circular saw. Waldheim was a student during the time at which the school's name changed from Chicago School of Design to Institute of Design, this photograph bears stamps from both institutions on the back, indicating that it likely dates from the Chicago School of Design era (1939-1944). Photographer unknown. Date range indicated is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Nuclear reactor sign, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1955-1956
Date: 1955-1956
Description: Photograph of a sign announcing Armour Research Foundation's nuclear reactor, the first privately-owned nuclear reactor in the world, located...
Show morePhotograph of a sign announcing Armour Research Foundation's nuclear reactor, the first privately-owned nuclear reactor in the world, located in the ARF Physics and Electrical Engineering Research Building. Photographer unknown, probably from the staff of Tech News, the student newspaper.
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Collection: Technology News slide collection, 1955 -1960

Title: Padlock research, Armour Research Foundation, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950s
Date: 1950-1959
Description: From the attached caption: "Wearing out the tumblers in padlocks is part of an investigation undertaken at Armour Research Foundation of...
Show moreFrom the attached caption: "Wearing out the tumblers in padlocks is part of an investigation undertaken at Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology to improve the service of combination-type padlock parts. David Horwitz, associate research engineer, works on wheel that subjects tumblers to repeated rotations which can be translated into years of actual service. William T. Savage, supervisor of materials engineering, (left) is a specialist in materials utilization." 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: Leonard Reiffel performing an experiment using Armour Research Foundation's nuclear reactor, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1956
Date: 1956
Description: Photograph of Leonard Reiffel conducting an experiment using Armour Research Foundation's nuclear reactor, the first privately-owned nuclear...
Show morePhotograph of Leonard Reiffel conducting an experiment using Armour Research Foundation's nuclear reactor, the first privately-owned nuclear reactor in the world, located in the ARF Physics and Electrical Engineering Research Building. From the attached caption: "Slave manipulator ion the 'hot' cell of new nuclear reactor at Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, is operated by Dr. Leonard Reiffel, manager of physics research. Experiments are observed through a lead-glass window three feet thick, which gives people radiation protection. The special window , which contains lead in the glass, is composed of six sheets of glass separated with oil. In use, the slave manipulator responds to both wrist and finger movements of the operator." Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: William Davidson at Illinois Institute of Technology Computing Center, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950s
Date: 1950-1959
Description: From the attached press release: "Performing an analog computation in Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology's...
Show moreFrom the attached press release: "Performing an analog computation in Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology's Computer Center is William A. Davidson, associate electrical engineer." 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: Engineering economics study group, Armour Research Foundation, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1951-1957
Date: 1951-1957
Description: From the attached caption: "Engineering economics study group at Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago,...
Show moreFrom the attached caption: "Engineering economics study group at Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, considers a problem in the profitability of new production facilities. Clockwise are Raymond A. Erickson, supervisor of engineering economics, Harvey E. Glaess, associate chemist, John D. Keane, assistant supervisor of chemical engineering, and Richard H. Snow, research fellow." 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: Armour Research Foundation mechanism and dynamics research department, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950s
Date: 1950-1959
Description: From the attached caption: "Engineers and designers work in the large design area in Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of...
Show moreFrom the attached caption: "Engineers and designers work in the large design area in Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology's mechanism and dynamics research department." 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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