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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: 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: 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: Buckminster Fuller and Evelyn McCermiak (?)
Date: 1948-1949
Description: Photograph of Buckminster Fuller with a student, identified on the rear of the photograph as Evelyn McCermiak (or McCermak). Photographer...
Show morePhotograph of Buckminster Fuller with a student, identified on the rear of the photograph as Evelyn McCermiak (or McCermak). Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range provided is an estimate based on Fuller's tenure at the Institute of Design.
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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: Student Barbara Jeanmaire in an Institute of Design paper cutting class, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1945-1949
Creator: Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.)
Date: 1945-1949
Description: Photograph of Barbara Jeanmaire in a paper cutting class at the Institute of Design. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date...
Show morePhotograph of Barbara Jeanmaire in a paper cutting class at the Institute of Design. 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 Elisha Huston sculpting, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1945-1949
Creator: Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.)
Date: 1945-1949
Description: Photograph of Institute of Design Sculpture Department student Elisha Huston sculpting with a hammer and chisel. Photographer unknown. Date of...
Show morePhotograph of Institute of Design Sculpture Department student Elisha Huston sculpting with a hammer and chisel. Photographer unknown. 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: 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: 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

Title: László Moholy-Nagy
Description: Photograph of László Moholy-Nagy in profile. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown.
Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Buckminster Fuller, 1948
Date: 1948
Description: Photomontage portrait of Buckminster Fuller, 1948. Fuller, then an instructor at Black Mountain College, spent the winter of 1948 teaching at...
Show morePhotomontage portrait of Buckminster Fuller, 1948. Fuller, then an instructor at Black Mountain College, spent the winter of 1948 teaching at the Institute of Design, when this portrait was likely produced. Photographer/creator unknown.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Konrad Wachsmann with Institute of Design students Maurene Strug and Shirley Courtois, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1954-1959
Date: 1954-1959
Description: From attached caption: "Konrad Wachsmann, professor of advanced building research at the Institute of Design of Illinois Institute of...
Show moreFrom attached caption: "Konrad Wachsmann, professor of advanced building research at the Institute of Design of Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, explains principles of space-frame construction to students Maurene Strug and Shirley Courtois. A model of an open-air music shelter, designed b y an Illinois Tech graduate student for his master's thesis, and based on space-frame construction, is shown on the table." 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: Untitled
Creator: Lerner, Nathan, 1913-1997
Date: 1937-1945
Description: Untitled photograph by Nathan Lerner depicting a wooden sculpture with smaller shapes casting shadows on a square base. The verso features an...
Show moreUntitled photograph by Nathan Lerner depicting a wooden sculpture with smaller shapes casting shadows on a square base. The verso features an Institute of Design stamp, though it is unknown if this photograph dates from Lerner's time as a student or member of the faculty. Date of photograph unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

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