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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

Title: Seymour Bortz using a hydraulic press, Armour Research Foundation, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, ca. 1950s
Date: 1953-1959
Description: From the attached caption: "Seymour A. Bortz, structural engineer in the ceramics and minerals research department at Armour Research...
Show moreFrom the attached caption: "Seymour A. Bortz, structural engineer in the ceramics and minerals research department at Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, investigates the flexural strength of a concrete specimen by means of electric strain gages and a hydraulic press." 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: Illinois Institute of Technology men's tennis team, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1980-1985
Date: 1980-1985
Description: Photograph of the Illinois Tech men's tennis team. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

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

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: Unidentified student wearing shorts and a t-shirt in the snow, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1980
Date: 1980
Description: Photograph of an unidentified Illinois Institute of Technology student in a t-shirt and shorts on a snowy day. Photographer unknown. Date of...
Show morePhotograph of an unidentified Illinois Institute of Technology student in a t-shirt and shorts on a snowy day. 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: Dugald C. Jackson, Jr., ca. 1936-1938
Date: 1936-1938
Description: Photograph of Dugald C. Jackson, Jr., Lewis Institute director from 1936-1938. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range...
Show morePhotograph of Dugald C. Jackson, Jr., Lewis Institute director from 1936-1938. 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 with kite, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1970s
Date: 1970-1979
Description: Photograph of students with a kite, likely made for the Amelia Earhart Kite Flying Contest (also known as the Kite Fly), an annual event...
Show morePhotograph of students with a kite, likely made for the Amelia Earhart Kite Flying Contest (also known as the Kite Fly), an annual event sponsored by WIIT (later WOUI), the campus radio station. The first Kite Fly occurred in April, 1971. 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: Three-legged race, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1970s
Date: 1970-1979
Description: Photograph of a three-legged race on what is now Siegel field, with Crerar (now Galvin) Library in the background. Photographer unknown. Date...
Show morePhotograph of a three-legged race on what is now Siegel field, with Crerar (now Galvin) Library in the background. 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 cross-country skiing on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus, Chicago, Illinois, 1981
Date: 1981
Description: Photograph of students cross-country skiing in front of Hermann Hall on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus in the winter of 1981....
Show morePhotograph of students cross-country skiing in front of Hermann Hall on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus in the winter of 1981. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Female students in dormitory room, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1980
Date: 1980
Description: Photograph of two female students in a dorm room in Women's Hall (now Lewis Hall). Photographer unknown.
Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: IIT swimmers John Pottle and Steve Gannon with Tommy, a red-tailed hawk at Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, Illinois, 1979
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology. Office of University Relations
Date: 1979
Description: Provided caption: "Brookfield Zoo's red-tailed hawk Tommy sizes up two of his Illinois Institute of Technology foster parents, IIT varsity...
Show moreProvided caption: "Brookfield Zoo's red-tailed hawk Tommy sizes up two of his Illinois Institute of Technology foster parents, IIT varsity swimming team co-captains John Pottle (left), Berkeley, Illinois, and Steve Gannon, West Chicago. IIT's varsity swimming team, whose mascot is the Scarlet Hawk, recently raised $100 to adopt the hawk, under Brookfield Zoo's animal adoption program which supports exhibits and services for the public."
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

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