University Archives Photograph Collection

Written on front: "San Luis Mountain. View from the school, looking westward. Bishop Mountain."

President Theodore Roosevelt addresses a group in Santa Barbara on May 9, 1903. A few hours later, he spoke to the citizens of San Luis Obispo, praising them for their support of the new state school. This image was reproduced in the book "California Addresses", published by the California Promotion Committee, San Francisco, in 1903. Call number: F862 .R78

Director Leroy Anderson and his wife, Isabel, on the front steps of their rented home at 1203 Buchon Street, where they lived while their house on Mill Street was being built.

A panoramic view of the Polytechnic campus in 1905.

Photograph of Cal Poly's first director, Leroy Anderson, who served from 1903-1907. This is a detail from a photo that was published in the January 1906 Polytechnic Journal, which is described as "Faculty and Students of Polytechnic, 1905." The caption on this print reads: 'Dir. Leroy Anderson - Cal Poly's first chief administrator.'

The first three buildings at the California Polytechnic School, designed by architect William Weeks. Administration Building, Center, Dormitory No. 1 on the right and the Household Arts Building on the left, under construction. The household arts building was built in 1906. Photo can also be found here: http://digital.lib.calpoly.edu/rekl-4161

Graduation Portrait of Irene Righetti (Class of 1906). Poly girls were required to make their own graduation dresses.

A booklet of mechanical drawings Ben Miossi completed as a student.

Irene Righetti's Diploma

The first issue of The Polytechnic Journal, June 1906. To see the entire journal, visit https://digital.lib.calpoly.edu/rekl-25857