Photograph of the 65-foot exhibit promoting Illinois Tech and its affiliated foundations at the 1957 Chicagoland Fair on Navy Pier.... Show morePhotograph of the 65-foot exhibit promoting Illinois Tech and its affiliated foundations at the 1957 Chicagoland Fair on Navy Pier. Photographer unknown. Show less
Photograph of Illinois Tech Department of Psychology faculty and Dean: (left to right) Willard A. Kerr, Harriett C. Shurrager (Associate... Show morePhotograph of Illinois Tech Department of Psychology faculty and Dean: (left to right) Willard A. Kerr, Harriett C. Shurrager (Associate Professor Emeritus), Roscoe A. Dykman, Dr. Phil S. Shurrager (Dean of Psychology and Education), and Dr. David Pablo Boder (Professor Emeritus). Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Show less
Sheet music for "Illinois Tech March Song," composed by William C. Laube, Jr. in 1949, when he when he was an undergraduate at Illinois Tech.... Show moreSheet music for "Illinois Tech March Song," composed by William C. Laube, Jr. in 1949, when he when he was an undergraduate at Illinois Tech. Laube was not able to publish the song in 1949, but was it was discovered in a music file in 1964 by Illinois Tech music director H.E. Nutt, arranged for the IIT band, and played at that year's Homecoming, and other university events. This printed sheet music is assumed to date from that era, though the circumstances of its creation are uncertain. Show less
Transparency depicting the car known as the Blue Flame that set the land speed record on October 23, 1970 at Bonneville Flats, Utah. Powered... Show moreTransparency depicting the car known as the Blue Flame that set the land speed record on October 23, 1970 at Bonneville Flats, Utah. Powered by ignited liquefied natural gas, the car was conceived by Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute colleagues Dick Keller and Ray Dausman and constructed by Reaction Dynamics, Inc. in Milwaukee. Henry R. Linden, then President of the Institute of Gas Technology, obtained the funding for the project and assembled a team of Illinois Tech engineering students and faculty members T. Paul Torda and Sarunas C. Uzgiris to improve the aerodynamics of the car. In October, 1970, with Gary Gabelich driving, The Blue Flame set a land speed record of 1,014 km/h, a record that stood for 27 years. Original photographer unknown. Show less
Photograph of Bernard "Sonny" Weissman in front of Arthur Keating Hall. Weissman was a coach at Armour Institute of Technology beginning in... Show morePhotograph of Bernard "Sonny" Weissman in front of Arthur Keating Hall. Weissman was a coach at Armour Institute of Technology beginning in 1928 and Director of Athletics at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago from 1928-1971. Photographer unknown. Show less
Photograph of Illinois Institute of Technology President Henry Heald with uniformed students from the V-12 Navy College Training Program. The... Show morePhotograph of Illinois Institute of Technology President Henry Heald with uniformed students from the V-12 Navy College Training Program. The V-12 program (1943-1946) offered men who were interested in Navy careers the alternative of attending a civilian college or university with the rank of apprentice seamen and then to become eligible for an officer's commission upon graduation. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date listed is approximate. Show less
Photograph of a spherical gasoline storage tank in Green Bay, Wisconsin, possibly constructed for or used by the Institute of Gas Technology... Show morePhotograph of a spherical gasoline storage tank in Green Bay, Wisconsin, possibly constructed for or used by the Institute of Gas Technology or one of its member institutions. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Show less
Black-and-white, silent film identified as "IIT 1956-1957" with images of Illinois Institute of Technology campus and buildings, classroom... Show moreBlack-and-white, silent film identified as "IIT 1956-1957" with images of Illinois Institute of Technology campus and buildings, classroom scenes, and students working in laboratories. Extended sequences feature architecture and Institute of Design students with models of their work and students dining in the Commons Building. Original format is 16mm film. Exact date of filming is unknown, but some evidence indicates at least smoe of the film was shot in spring, 1957. Show less
Photograph of Illinois Institute of Technology faculty member Ralph Peck being interviewed by a local CBS affiliate in a laboratory. Peck is... Show morePhotograph of Illinois Institute of Technology faculty member Ralph Peck being interviewed by a local CBS affiliate in a laboratory. Peck is standing in front of a board illustrating the Pircon-Peck process, which is a process developed with Ladislav Pircon for creating fertilizer or desulfuizing flue gas. Show less
Photograph of tree planting activities on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is... Show morePhotograph of tree planting activities on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Show less
Photograph of tree planting activities on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is... Show morePhotograph of tree planting activities on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Show less
Photograph of the block IIT logo on a model of Navy Pier and the surrounding area of Chicago. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is... Show morePhotograph of the block IIT logo on a model of Navy Pier and the surrounding area of Chicago. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Show less
Photograph of an Illinois Tech student in an anechoic chamber at the Parmly Sound Laboratory. From press release attached to photograph: ... Show morePhotograph of an Illinois Tech student in an anechoic chamber at the Parmly Sound Laboratory. From press release attached to photograph: "Illinois Tech student, Jack Kiser, takes part in binaural hearing experiment at the Parmly Foundation for Auditory Research. Kiser is listening to two different tones in the completely silent (anechoic) chamber in order to determine their direction. Physicists at the Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Tech also use the Parmly chamber for acoustical research." Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Show less
Photograph of an unknown assistant to Dr. Daniel Graupe demonstrating a computerized prosthetic arm. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph... Show morePhotograph of an unknown assistant to Dr. Daniel Graupe demonstrating a computerized prosthetic arm. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Show less
Photograph of Electrical Engineering professor Dr. Daniel Graupe and an assistant demonstrating a computerized prosthetic arm. Photographer... Show morePhotograph of Electrical Engineering professor Dr. Daniel Graupe and an assistant demonstrating a computerized prosthetic arm. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Show less
Photograph of Professor Josephine Mehlberg teaching a mathematics class. Photographer was possibly Dan Ryan. Date of photograph is unknown.... Show morePhotograph of Professor Josephine Mehlberg teaching a mathematics class. Photographer was possibly Dan Ryan. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Show less
Photograph of Sidney Guralnick at a window in Perlstein Hall, looking south towards S.R. Crown Hall and IITRI Tower. Sidney A. Guralnick was... Show morePhotograph of Sidney Guralnick at a window in Perlstein Hall, looking south towards S.R. Crown Hall and IITRI Tower. Sidney A. Guralnick was Dean of the Graduate School at Illinois Institute of Technology, and later the university's first Provost, appointed by President Thomas L. Martin, Jr. in 1975. Since 1982, he has served as Perlstein Distinguished Professor (now Emeritus) in the department of Civil & Architectural Engineering. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Show less