University Archives Photograph Collection

architectural detail, Cal Poly Performing Arts Center

The Southern Pacific Railroad trestle northwest of campus. The railroad provided the campus and community with essential connections to the north and south.

Vocational Program for Veterans students gather on the dormitory steps.

The first deed for the land for the original Polytechnic School campus. See a better scan of the original agreement here: https://digital.lib.calpoly.edu/rekl-93363

A parade float advertised the Vocational Veterans program for the Polytechnic School.

Two people sit on the Disabled Student Services tram in the University Union plaza and are speaking to two people. A sign sits next to the tram and reads 'Disabled Student Services / Student Community Services'. A person stands with their back to the camera, wearing a shirt that reads 'Tram Driver Disabled Student Services'.

Three adults stand and sit around a computer in a university building. The room pictured is full of other computer equipment and technology. A person is seen squatting behind the three people in focus, presumably performing maintenance.

Three people are focused on a computer model from the 1980s. Two people stand, looking on while someone sits and types at the computer.

A scrapbook compiled by Frank Bidwell Pedley documenting his time as a student during the 1908-09 and 1909-10 school years at Cal Poly. Pedley was enrolled in the two-year Mechanics course. The scrapbook documents activities during the time at Cal Poly, including athletics events, school events, and entertainment. Documents buildings on campus, the dormitory, portraits, San Luis Obispo County views, candid photographs, and clippings from campus publications and postcards. Also includes locks of hair and illustrations by Pedley.

Several people sit on a hill and watch as a coach demonstrates a golf technique.