University Archives Photograph Collection

The bleachers are full of viewers watching the driver of a red tractor pull the sled past the 100 foot mark on the runway. Bishop's Peak can be seen in the background as well as what appears to be the horse or beef unit buildings.

The audience lines the edge of the airstrip to watch a red tractor pull the weighted sled. A traditional John Deere tractor, with a yellow balloon tied to its seat, sits in front of the red tractor and provides perspective on how large the participating tractor is. Madonna Peak fills the background.

Red tractor seen from behind pulling the weighted sled down the runway. A competition official, flag in hand, is waiting to determine the total distance traveled, which is measured by chalk lines in the dirt.

A driver, with a jacket that reads 'The Horse with No Name: Ford', drives a tractor that kicks ups dust as it begins to trudge down the former airstrip. A competition official is waiting with a flag in the background.

A stack of boxes and Wally Glidden (Wallace F. Glidden III) standing next to those boxes.

Contact sheet capture the process of land clearing for the Architecture building. Dexter Library (at the time) and the clock tower, as well as a bulldozer, appear in some of the photos.

Contact sheet captures the process of clearing land for the Architecture building. Cranes, bulldozers, and construction trucks appear in some of the photos.

Contact sheet captures the process of excavating land from the site west of Dexter Library. Several construction trucks and machines appear in the photos.

Vertical reinforcement structures (waiting for concrete) are raised in the excavated ground. Wooden frames for the foundation of the structure being built. There is a building and trees in the background.

Architecture building construction takes place among a crane and larger wooden frames for the foundation of the building itself. Dexter Library and the hillside are in the background.