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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: Institute of Design student Stanley Peters working in the wood workshop, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1945-1949
Creator: Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.)
Date: 1945-1949
Description: Photograph of Institute of Design student Stanley Peters using a chisel to sculpt wood in the wood workshop. Date of photograph unknown. Date...
Show morePhotograph of Institute of Design student Stanley Peters using a chisel to sculpt wood in the wood workshop. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

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: Institute of Design sculpture class, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1956-1969
Date: 1956-1969
Description: Photograph of an Institute of Design Sculpture class in S.R. Crown Hall. Possibly pictured at left is Professor Cosmo Campoli. Photographer...
Show morePhotograph of an Institute of Design Sculpture class in S.R. Crown Hall. Possibly pictured at left is Professor Cosmo Campoli. 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: Exterior view of the New Bauhaus, Marshall Field mansion, Chicago, Illinois
Creator: Humeston, Dariel
Date: 1937-1938
Description: Date estimated ca. 1937, photographer credit taken from original photo.
Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Hugo Weber and two Scandinavian design students, Norway, 1952
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology
Date: 1952
Description: Two Scandinavian students shown working on a design problem in the machine workshop, taught by Hugo Weber, associate professor from the...
Show moreTwo Scandinavian students shown working on a design problem in the machine workshop, taught by Hugo Weber, associate professor from the Institute of Design. Description taken from press release.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Gyorgy Kepes
Date: 1937-1947
Description: Photograph of Gyorgy Kepes. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Design student building structural model, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1940-1950s
Date: 1937-1955
Description: Photograph of a New Bauhaus or Institute of Design student constructing a structural model. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown....
Show morePhotograph of a New Bauhaus or Institute of Design student constructing a structural model. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Institute of Design student Stanley Peters working in the wood workshop, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1945-1949
Creator: Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.)
Date: 1945-1949
Description: Photograph of Institute of Design student Stanley Peters using a chisel to sculpt wood in the wood workshop. Date of photograph unknown. Date...
Show morePhotograph of Institute of Design student Stanley Peters using a chisel to sculpt wood in the wood workshop. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Moholy-Nagy Scholarship auction postcard, 1954
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology. Institute of Design
Date: 1954
Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Evening Lectures, 1939 - 1940
Creator: Chicago School of Design
Date: 1939
Description: Flyer announcement of a portion of the 1939-1940 Evening Lecture series at the School of Design in Chicago, later to become the Institute of...
Show moreFlyer announcement of a portion of the 1939-1940 Evening Lecture series at the School of Design in Chicago, later to become the Institute of Design.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Focused view for camera: Brown's Face (detail)
Creator: Lerner, Nathan, 1913-1997
Date: ca. 1939
Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Untitled
Creator: Lerner, Nathan, 1913-1997
Date: 1937-1938
Description: Untitled photograph by Nathan Lerner, with notation on verso indicating that it is from his second semester at the New Bauhaus. Date of...
Show moreUntitled photograph by Nathan Lerner, with notation on verso indicating that it is from his second semester at the New Bauhaus. Date of photograph unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Barbara Jeanmire at School of Design in Chicago Camouflage Course exhibit, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1942
Date: 1942
Description: Text from attached caption: "Barbara Jeanmire, a student of the School of Designin [sic] Chicago, 247 E Ontario St. studies exhibit set up by...
Show moreText from attached caption: "Barbara Jeanmire, a student of the School of Designin [sic] Chicago, 247 E Ontario St. studies exhibit set up by students of the Camouflage Course. The school graduated over 100 students in Camouflage. Camouflage of tanks, trucks, airplanes, factories, etc., were executed." Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date listed is approximate, based on date of student work in photograph.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: School of Design in Chicago Exhibit B, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1941-1943
Date: 1941-1943
Description: Photograph of a School of Design in Chicago exhibit identified only as "Exhibit B," likely held at the school's 247 East Ontario Street...
Show morePhotograph of a School of Design in Chicago exhibit identified only as "Exhibit B," likely held at the school's 247 East Ontario Street location. The photograph shows what appear to be camouflage experiments or exercises by students and an object labeled "texture chart" at right. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Experiments in camouflage, School of Design in Chicago Exhibit B, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1941-1943
Date: 1941-1943
Description: Photograph of a School of Design in Chicago exhibit identified only as "Exhibit B," likely held at the school's 247 East Ontario Street...
Show morePhotograph of a School of Design in Chicago exhibit identified only as "Exhibit B," likely held at the school's 247 East Ontario Street location. Text from attached caption: "Experiments in camouflage. A special course given during World War II by the Institute in collaboration with the Office of Civilian Defense." Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Institute of Design of Illinois Institute of Technology: Evening courses 1950-51
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology. Institute of Design
Date: 1950-1951
Description: Evening course catalog for the Institute of Design, 1950-1951. In addition to a descriptive listing of evening classes and a class schedule,...
Show moreEvening course catalog for the Institute of Design, 1950-1951. In addition to a descriptive listing of evening classes and a class schedule, the catalog includes the aims and history of the Institute of Design, a faculty roster, and other pertinent information about the enrollment process.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: New Bauhaus scrapbook, 1936-1938
Date: 1936-1938
Description: Thirty-seven page scrapbook with hand made fabric covered box with lower case letter b (for Bauhaus) on font in silver metal. Scrapbook (16 x...
Show moreThirty-seven page scrapbook with hand made fabric covered box with lower case letter b (for Bauhaus) on font in silver metal. Scrapbook (16 x 16”) has black plastic covers, spiral bound with manila card stock pages. Includes news clippings and tear sheets from periodicals about the opening of The New Bauhaus as well as the academic catalogue and program announcements, and a letter from Walter Gropius (5/18/1937) recommending Laszlo Moholy-Nagy as director. Creator unknown, assumed to be affiliated with the New Bauhaus.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Students in front of the New Bauhaus entrance, Chicago, Illinois, 1937
Creator: Matter, Herbert, 1907-1984
Date: 1937
Description: Photograph of students in front of the New Bauhaus building, formerly the Marshall Field mansion.
Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: László Moholy-Nagy with hand sculptures, ca. 1945
Date: 1945
Description: Photograph of László Moholy-Nagy with hand sculptures. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date listed is approximate, based on...
Show morePhotograph of László Moholy-Nagy with hand sculptures. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date listed is approximate, based on notation found adjacent to photograph.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

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