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- Title
- Exterior of Lewis Institute, Chicago, Illinois
- Date
- 1920-1940
- Description
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Colorized photograph of the exterior of Lewis Institute. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
- Collection
- Lewis Institute records, 1827-1984
- Title
- Northeast corner of 35th Street and State Street, Chicago, Illinois, January 24, 1954
- Date
- 1954-01-24
- Description
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Color slide depicting the intersection of 35th Street and South State Street, looking northeast. Photographer unknown, possibly a member of...
Show moreColor slide depicting the intersection of 35th Street and South State Street, looking northeast. Photographer unknown, possibly a member of the university's Department of Public Relations.
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- Dan Ryan collection, 1954-1980
- Title
- Faculty Grill, Armour Mission, Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, January 18, 1939
- Date
- 1939-01-18
- Description
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Photograph of the Faculty Grill in the Armour Mission after remodeling. This photograph is identified as number 286-1. Attached caption reads ...
Show morePhotograph of the Faculty Grill in the Armour Mission after remodeling. This photograph is identified as number 286-1. Attached caption reads "Faculty Grill - Armour Mission After Remodelling." Includes Commonwealth Edison Photo stamp on verso. Phoographer unknown, likely Commonwealth Edison Photo. Note that while the address on the recto is that of Main Building, other sources verify that the Faculty Grill renovated in 1939 was in the Armour Mission.
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- Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999
- Title
- Armour Mission auditorium, Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois
- Description
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Photograph of the Armour Mission auditorium (also/previously known as the assembly hall). The Armour Mission was also known as the Student...
Show morePhotograph of the Armour Mission auditorium (also/previously known as the assembly hall). The Armour Mission was also known as the Student Union between 1938-1962. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. The fixed seating in the auditorium indicates the photograph was likely taken prior to the renovations of 1938, when the fixed seating on the floor was removed and this room became known as the Student Hall.
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- Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999
- Title
- Faculty Grill, Armour Mission, Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1939
- Creator
- Kaufmann & Fabry Co.
- Date
- ca. 1939
- Description
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Photograph of the Faculty Grill in the Armour Mission after remodeling. This photograph is identified as number 286. Attached caption reads ...
Show morePhotograph of the Faculty Grill in the Armour Mission after remodeling. This photograph is identified as number 286. Attached caption reads "Faculty Grill - Armour Mission After Remodelling." Date of photograph unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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- Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999
- Title
- Armour Research Foundation Laboratory and Administration Building during demolition, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1961
- Date
- 1961
- Description
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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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- Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999
- Title
- Illinois Institute of Technology Fraternity Row, South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950s
- Date
- 1950-1959
- Description
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Color slide showing a section of the west side of the 3200 block of South Michigan Avenue. A number of the greystone buildings visible served...
Show moreColor slide showing a section of the west side of the 3200 block of South Michigan Avenue. A number of the greystone buildings visible served as Illinois Tech fraternity houses, including, at the far left of the photograph, Brown Hall, the Delta Tau Delta House, and the Phi Kappa Sigma house. At the far right of the photograph, the buildings are believed to include the Alpha Sigma Phi house, the Triangle House, and the Pi Kappa Phi house. These buildings were all demolished between ca. 1959-1963 as the block was cleared for the construction of new Illinois Tech dormitories. Photographer unknown, possibly a member of the university's Department of Public Relations. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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- Dan Ryan collection, ca. 1891-1989
- Title
- The Economics-Mechanics Building, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950s-1960s
- Date
- 1950-1969
- Description
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Photograph of the Economics-Mechanics Building (also known as Temporary Building No. 1 and the Administration and Classroom Annex) on the...
Show morePhotograph of the Economics-Mechanics Building (also known as Temporary Building No. 1 and the Administration and Classroom Annex) on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology. Built as part of a 1947 Federal Works Agency project to provide facilities for veterans of World War II, this building was demolished after its activities were moved to Stuart Hall in 1972. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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- Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999
- Title
- View of Illinois Institute of Technology buildings along Federal Street, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1947-1955
- Date
- 1947-1955
- Description
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Photograph of the 3300 and 3400 blocks of South Federal Street on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. The photograph, likely taken...
Show morePhotograph of the 3300 and 3400 blocks of South Federal Street on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. The photograph, likely taken from Chapin Hall, includes the Mies van der Rohe-designed Materials and Metals Building and Heating Plant, as well as Chapin Hall and two temporary buildings built as part of a 1947 Federal Works Agency project to provide facilities for veterans of World War II. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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- 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
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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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- Dan Ryan collection, 1954-1980
- 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
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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 approximately 1943-45. 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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- Dan Ryan collection, 1954-1980
- Title
- The east side of the greek quadrangle, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1960s
- Creator
- Illinois Institute of Technology. Office of Public Relations
- Date
- 1960-1969
- Description
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Photograph of the buildings that once formed the east side of Illinois Institute of Technology's greek quadrangle, the Alpha Epsilon Pi, Theta...
Show morePhotograph of the buildings that once formed the east side of Illinois Institute of Technology's greek quadrangle, the Alpha Epsilon Pi, Theta Xi, and Tau Epsilon Phi houses, with Gunsaulus Hall visible. These three fraternity houses were designed by the architecture firm Mittelbusher & Tourtelot and constructed in 1960. The Alpha Epsilon Pi house (foreground) was demolished in 2007. The former Theta Xi house (middle) became the Alpha Sigma Alpha house ca. 2000, and the former Tau Epsilon Phi house (rear) was the law house for a brief period, and became the Kappa Phi Delta house in 2004. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed (1960-1969) is approximate.
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- Dan Ryan collection, 1954-1980
- Title
- Arcade Building in Chicago, Ill., 1946
- Date
- 1946
- Description
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The buildings that eventually became the Armour Research Foundation (ARF) Administration Building were constructed as the Binga State Bank ...
Show moreThe 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). Photographer unknown.
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- Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999
- Title
- Armour Research Foundation Administrative Offices from the CTA platform, Chicago, Ill., 1963
- Date
- 1963
- Description
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Photograph of the Armour Research Foundation Administrative Offices from the CTA platform, with the ARF Chemistry Research Building and IGT...
Show morePhotograph of the Armour Research Foundation Administrative Offices from the CTA platform, with the ARF Chemistry Research Building and IGT South Building also pictured. 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). Photographer unknown.
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- Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999
- Title
- Arcade Building being demolished, with IITRI Tower in the background, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
- Date
- 1964
- Description
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Photograph of the Arcade Building being demolished, circa 1964. The buildings that eventually became the Armour Research Foundation (ARF)...
Show morePhotograph of the Arcade Building being demolished, circa 1964. 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). Photographer unknown.
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- Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999
- Title
- Armour Research Foundation Administration Offices, Chicago, Illinois
- Date
- 1940-1959
- Description
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The buildings that eventually became the Armour Research Foundation (ARF) Administration Building were constructed as the Binga State Bank ...
Show moreThe 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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- Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999
- Title
- Interior of the Arcade Building in Chicago, Ill.
- Date
- 1929-1953
- Description
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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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- Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999
- Title
- Rear of Chapin Hall and the Physics Building, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill., 1962
- Date
- 1962
- Description
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Photograph of Chapin Hall and the Physics Building, located at 3333 South Federal Street. Chapin Hall was designed by the firm Patton & Fisher...
Show morePhotograph of Chapin Hall and the Physics Building, located at 3333 South Federal Street. Chapin Hall was designed by the firm Patton & Fisher. It was constructed in 1888, renovated in 1937 and demolished in 1968. Built as part of Armour Flats. In 1907, six sections of the building were christened Chapin Hall for Armour Institute use. When Armour Flats was demolished, these units left on Federal St. to the south of the Armour Mission building were left standing. When Chapin Hall was remodeled in 1937, two of its northern sections became the Physics Building. Photographer unknown.
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- Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999
- Title
- Physics Building and Chapin Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
- Date
- 1960-1969
- Description
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Photograph of Chapin Hall and the Physics Building, located at 3333 South Federal Street. Chapin Hall was designed by the firm Patton & Fisher...
Show morePhotograph of Chapin Hall and the Physics Building, located at 3333 South Federal Street. Chapin Hall was designed by the firm Patton & Fisher. It was constructed in 1888, renovated in 1937 and demolished in 1968. Built as part of Armour Flats. In 1907, six sections of the building were christened Chapin Hall for Armour Institute use. When Armour Flats was demolished, these units left on Federal St. to the south of the Armour Mission building were left standing. When Chapin Hall was remodeled in 1937, two of its northern sections became the Physics Building. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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- Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999
- Title
- Keith School during demolition, Chicago, Ill., 1959
- Date
- 1959
- Description
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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. Photographer unknown.
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- Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999