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Title: IIT Golf Schedule, 1971
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology. Office of University Relations
Date: 1971
Collection: News Releases collection, 1939-1999

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: Lewis Institute entrance, 1943
Creator: Loop Photo Service
Date: 1943
Description: The entrance of the Lewis Institute at 1951 W Madison Avenue displaying the Illinois Institute of Technology name after Lewis and Armour...
Show moreThe entrance of the Lewis Institute at 1951 W Madison Avenue displaying the Illinois Institute of Technology name after Lewis and Armour Institute of Technology merged to create Illinois Tech in 1940.
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Collection: Lewis Institute records, 1827-1984

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: Kappa Phi Delta bake sale, Lewis Institute, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1937
Creator: Lewis Institute (Chicago, Ill.)
Date: 1937
Description: Photograph of students at a Kappa Phi Delta bake sale in the Lewis Institute building. Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed is approximate.
Collection: Lewis Institute records, 1827-1984

Title: Lewis Institute interior, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1937
Creator: Lewis Institute (Chicago, Ill.)
Date: 1937
Description: Photograph of students in the Lewis Institute building. Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed is approximate.
Collection: Lewis Institute records, 1827-1984

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: 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: 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: 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: 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

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