University Archives Photograph Collection

Group portrait of football team in uniform, with asst. coach CH.. Williams and coach D.W. Schlosser; on field, in line according to height; team members identified on back. Reversed image (see numbers on football). Photo of same team, seated on steps, was published in the Polytechnic J. (v.12, no.1, June 1917) with caption identifying members. Team members identified on back of postcard.

Front elevations of Household Arts, Weeks Administration Building, Dormitory; Probably later date than Aston Photo no. 203 -- note growth of plantings in front of buildings

'Four of the Drafters -- Clydesdales and Percherons'; draft horses in harness (vehicle not visible)

Women's basketball, 'Cal. Polytechnic vs. Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, Cal.' Outdoor court; Bishop's Peak in background

Front elevation taken from across the circle drive; students on the lawn

South entrance, west elevation visible; part of silo is also visible

Stock judging; men showing/judging cattle; appears to be primarily faculty and staff.

Front elevations of Household Arts, Weeks Administration Building, Dormitory shot from southwest angle

Adult pig and piglets 'At the Piggery'

Agronomy Class studying fertilizers in chemical laboratory (Published in 1908-09 Catalog (May 1909)

Women students in classroom, stitching by hand; instructor in background; sewing baskets on tables, table-top ironing board and electric iron; patterns drawn on blackboards (Published in 1908-09 Catalog (May 1909)

Caption: 'Threshing Experimental Plots' Shows men in field with threshing machine, sacks of [--?], houses and hills in background. Written on back 'Catalogue 1909-10'

Interior, 'Section of Electrical Laboratory,' student operating machinery. 'Old' Power House (Weeks). (1 card addressed to Mr. John Erickson. Postmarked Jan.14, 1910)

Northeast [?] corner showing loading dock (east elevation) and south elevation. The Creamery was built in 1909; see image in 1908-09 Catalog (published in May 1909)

Students making and packaging butter in the Creamery. Units of butter are wrapped in paper printed with illustration of the Creamery and 'Fancy Creamery Butter -- Cal. Polytechnic School -- San Luis Obispo.' Published in 1909-10 Catalogue (May 1910)

Faculty and students operating insecticide sprayer in orchard; appears to be battery powered pump drawing solution from wooden barrel -- whole apparatus is on horse drawn 'flatbed'. Men wearing ties, vests, jackets while working. The same spraying apparatus is in image published in the Polytechnic J. (vol.4, no. 8, May 1909). Spraying insecticides is listed in the description of the class in Horticulture, 1908-09 Catalog.

Jersey dairy cow 'Marquis Foxy Belle -- 219313, 20 lbs. butter in 7 days' ; in corner of cattle pen. Published in Bulletin 1910-11.

Weeks Administration Building (left)and the Dormitory (right), front elevation; (Household Arts building not yet erected). 1 addressed to Miss Lella Montgomery, signed 'Josephine'; 1 addressed to Miss Beatrice Ferini, signed 'Lydia F.'; credit on the front of card reads '7409 / M.Rieder, Publ. / Los Angeles'

Students working in the Creamery. One student at scale weighing milk can.

4 women [students?] in white, wearing Red Cross insignia, ministering to male 'patient' (wearing football gear) on cot in open field before spectators. Seated is faculty member Margaret Chase. Deuel Hall under construction in background. This scene may have been part of the Students v. Faculty Football game (Aston Photo nos. 478-481). Note weather, photo no. sequence, Deuel Hall (construction completed in spring of 1908)

Students at work in the Carpenter Shop. Instructor, Oscar Leslie Heald, supervising.

5 students at work in machine shop.(Published in 1907-08 Catalogue (April 1908)

Students working in the Creamery.