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- Title
- Street view of Lewis Institute, Chicago, Illinois
- Date
- 1938-1942
- Description
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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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- Lewis Institute records, 1827-1984
- Title
- Lewis Institute entrance, 1943
- Creator
- Loop Photo Service
- Date
- 1943
- Description
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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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- Lewis Institute records, 1827-1984
- Title
- Exterior view of the New Bauhaus, Marshall Field mansion, Chicago, Illinois
- Creator
- Humeston, Dariel
- Date
- 1937-1938
- Description
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Date estimated ca. 1937, photographer credit taken from original photo.
- Collection
- Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962
- 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
- Armour Mission, Chicago, Illinois, ca. early 1900s
- Date
- 1900-1930
- Description
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Photograph of the Armour Mission building. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
- Collection
- Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999
- Title
- Students in front of the New Bauhaus entrance, Chicago, Illinois, 1937
- Creator
- Matter, Herbert, 1907-1984
- Date
- 1937
- Description
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Photograph of students in front of the New Bauhaus building, formerly the Marshall Field mansion.
- Collection
- Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962
- 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
- Illinois Institute of Technology gymnasium, Chicago, Ill., 1966
- Date
- 1966
- Description
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Photograph of the exterior and interior of the gymnasium, located at 32nd and Dearborn Streets. Fowler Hall is visible in the background. The...
Show morePhotograph of the exterior and interior of the gymnasium, located at 32nd and Dearborn Streets. Fowler Hall is visible in the background. The gymnasium was constructed in 1947 and demolished in 1966. It was built as part of a 1947 Federal Works Agency project to provide facilities for veterans of World War II. 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
- Title
- Thomas R. Brown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill., 1949
- Date
- 1949
- Description
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Photograph of Thomas R. Brown Hall, located at 3254 South Michigan Avenue. The building was designed by Francis M. Whitehouse of Burling &...
Show morePhotograph of Thomas R. Brown Hall, located at 3254 South Michigan Avenue. The building was designed by Francis M. Whitehouse of Burling & Whitehouse and was demolished in 1961. 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. Photographer unknown.
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- Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999
- Title
- Demolition of Chapin Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1968
- Date
- 1968
- Description
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Photograph of Chapin Hall during demolition in 1968 with Crerar Library visible in the background. Chapin Hall was designed by the firm Patton...
Show morePhotograph of Chapin Hall during demolition in 1968 with Crerar Library visible in the background. 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
- 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
- Demolition of the Armour Research Foundation building at 55 East 33rd Street, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1975
- Date
- 1975
- Description
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Photograph of the demolition of the Armour Research Building located at 55 East 33rd Street (Wabash Ave & 33rd St) on the Illinois Institute...
Show morePhotograph of the demolition of the Armour Research Building located at 55 East 33rd Street (Wabash Ave & 33rd St) on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. The building, built in 1920s, originally housed the Huber and Huber Motor Express trucking terminal. The building was acquired by the Armour Research Foundation in 1949, and renovated in the 1950s. It housed various ARF activities in the subsequent decades, including Physics and Chemistry research, before housing the Institute for Psychological Services in the years immediately prior to its demolition in 1975.
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- Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999
- 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
- Demolition of the Armour Research Foundation building at 55 East 33rd Street, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1975
- Date
- 1975
- Description
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Photograph of the demolition of the Armour Research Building located at 55 East 33rd Street (Wabash Ave & 33rd St) on the Illinois Institute...
Show morePhotograph of the demolition of the Armour Research Building located at 55 East 33rd Street (Wabash Ave & 33rd St) on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. The building, built in 1920s, originally housed the Huber and Huber Motor Express trucking terminal. The building was acquired by the Armour Research Foundation in 1949, and renovated in the 1950s. It housed various ARF activities in the subsequent decades, including Physics and Chemistry research, before housing the Institute for Psychological Services in the years immediately prior to its demolition in 1975.
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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