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Title: Armour Research Foundation ceramics engineer using optical pyrometer, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1940s
Date: 1940-1949
Description: From the attached press release: "Optical Pyrometer is used by a ceramics engineer at Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of...
Show moreFrom the attached press release: "Optical Pyrometer is used by a ceramics engineer at Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology to check temperature of pot furnace. Furnace converts carbonates to oxides following completion of ore dressing processes." Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Ogden Bog gag photograph, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1955
Date: 1955
Description: Staged photograph of two rowers in a boat and a "swimmer" in Ogden Field. The field, which was derisively nicknamed "Ogden Bog" by the...
Show moreStaged photograph of two rowers in a boat and a "swimmer" in Ogden Field. The field, which was derisively nicknamed "Ogden Bog" by the students, was the home of the Armour Institute and Illinois Tech track and football field. Hermann Hall was built on the site of Ogden Field, and The Bog, Illinois Tech's student recreation and dining center, was named after the former athletic venue. This photograph was printed in the 1955 installment of The Integral, Illinois Tech's yearbook. 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: Physical Education class, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1943
Date: 1943
Description: Photograph of students climbing ropes in a Physical Education class.
Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Howard Monroe Raymond
Date: 1895-1932
Description: Photograph of Howard Monroe Raymond, President of Armour Institute of Technology from 1922 to 1932. Following the death of Frank Gunsaulus in...
Show morePhotograph of Howard Monroe Raymond, President of Armour Institute of Technology from 1922 to 1932. Following the death of Frank Gunsaulus in 1921, Howard Monroe Raymond was appointed acting president. He accepted the permanent role 14 months later and became Armour Institute's second president. Raymond was an instructor and professor in the Physics department, having arrived on campus in 1895, and he served as Dean of Engineering for 19 years before becoming president - a role he continued while president until 1927. 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: IIT students and faculty meeting the victorious College Bowl team at O'Hare Airport, Chicago, Illinois, 1964
Date: 1964
Description: Photograph of faculty and students at O'Hare Airport, welcoming the victorious Illinois Institute of Technology College Bowl team back to...
Show morePhotograph of faculty and students at O'Hare Airport, welcoming the victorious Illinois Institute of Technology College Bowl team back to Chicago in the spring of 1964. IIT's College Bowl team defeated Worcester Polytechnic and the University of Denver before falling to Whittier College. This photograph is likely from the celebrations on April 26, 1964. Between 70 and 100 celebrants greeted the team on April 26; when they again returned victorious on May 3, the crowd was estimated at 300. IIT's College Bowl team was captained by John Fenley, and also included John Diekelman, George Ritzlin, and Red Weil. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: IBM 650 computer, Armour Research Foundation, Illinois Institute of Technology, ca. 1954-59
Date: 1954-1959
Description: Photograph of two men operating the IBM 650 Magnetic Drum Data-Processing Machine at Armour Research Foundation. Photographer unknown. Date of...
Show morePhotograph of two men operating the IBM 650 Magnetic Drum Data-Processing Machine at Armour Research Foundation. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: IIT students and faculty meeting the victorious College Bowl team at O'Hare Airport, Chicago, Illinois, 1964
Date: 1964
Description: Photograph of faculty and students at O'Hare Airport, welcoming the victorious Illinois Institute of Technology College Bowl team back to...
Show morePhotograph of faculty and students at O'Hare Airport, welcoming the victorious Illinois Institute of Technology College Bowl team back to Chicago in the spring of 1964. IIT's College Bowl team defeated Worcester Polytechnic and the University of Denver before falling to Whittier College. This photograph is likely from the celebrations on April 26, 1964. Between 70 and 100 celebrants greeted the team on April 26; when they again returned victorious on May 3, the crowd was estimated at 300. IIT's College Bowl team was captained by John Fenley, and also included John Diekelman, George Ritzlin, and Red Weil. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: IITRI Eclipse Expedition, ca. 1965-1966
Date: 1965-1966
Description: Photograph of IIT Research Institute personnel and a Chevrolet Corvair 95 van on (or on their way to) a so-called Eclipse Expedition, likely...
Show morePhotograph of IIT Research Institute personnel and a Chevrolet Corvair 95 van on (or on their way to) a so-called Eclipse Expedition, likely either in the Cook Islands in 1965 or near Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 1966. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Pledge Interfraternity Council Halloween party, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1973
Date: 1973
Description: Photograph of students bobbing for apples at the Interfraternity Halloween party in 1973. In the 1970s, the Pledge Interfraternity Council...
Show morePhotograph of students bobbing for apples at the Interfraternity Halloween party in 1973. In the 1970s, the Pledge Interfraternity Council held an annual Halloween party for children from an area orphanage. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Orchestra performance at American Power Conferences All Engineers Dinner, Chicago, Illinois, 1952
Date: 1952
Description: Photograph of O. Gordon Erickson conducting the Illinois Tech orchestra at the American Power Conference's All Engineers Dinner in 1952. The...
Show morePhotograph of O. Gordon Erickson conducting the Illinois Tech orchestra at the American Power Conference's All Engineers Dinner in 1952. The university's glee club also performed. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Trudy Cheskis using microscope, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1947
Date: 1947-11
Description: Photograph of Illinois Institute of Technology Biology student Trudy Cheskis using a microscope.
Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Fraternity members and children at Halloween party, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, early 1970s
Date: 1970-1973
Description: Photograph of two boys and Illinois Tech fraternity members at either the Pledge Interfraternity Council Halloween party ca. 1973 or the Phi...
Show morePhotograph of two boys and Illinois Tech fraternity members at either the Pledge Interfraternity Council Halloween party ca. 1973 or the Phi Kappa Sigma & Kappa Phi Delta Halloween party in 1970. In the 1970s, the Pledge Interfraternity Council held an annual Halloween party for children from an area orphanage. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999