University Archives Photograph Collection

President McPhee at a Future Farmers of America event. McPhee believed the FFA's livestock exhibition and judging events were an important part of agricultural vocational education, complementing classroom learning.

Football coach Howie O'Daniels, who arrived at Cal Poly in 1933, meets with two members of the team.

The Student Affairs Committee of 1926-1927 poses with President Crandall. By 1926, uniforms were required for both male and female students at the Poly. Boys wore a military uniform; girls, a white middy blouse and navy serge skirt.

Students seating in the lounge area of Sierra Madre. An educational poster regarding alcohol and alcoholism is in display on the wall behind them, with typical behaviors for Comfortable Abstainer, Usual Abstainer, Light Drinker, Frequent User, Occasional Abuser, and Alcoholic listed.

Students gather around the front desk of Sierra Madre. A poster displaying information regarding a water slide trip to Lake Lopez can be seen hanging from the counter on the right side of the image.

San Luis Obispo in 1900

Benjamin Crandall, president of the California Polytechnic School from 1924 to 1933, in the director's office of the old Administration building. Crandall's dog Purp was almost always at his side.

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.

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

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

Several people sit on a hill and watch as some men demonstrate various golf techniques.

Two students walk along the Grand Avenue sidewalk in front of the Yosemite Hall entrance.

The front lawn of one of the South Mountain halls.

The cement walking path that runs between Trinity Hall and Muir Hall and leads to Klamath road behind the dorms.

Building 1 seen from across North Perimeter Road.

The name of the hall cannot be seen. The entrance is surrounded by ivy and bushes, and a low wooden fence surrounds the landscape along a footpath.

A footpath runs in front of the dorm building, and landscaping is abundant with ground covering, ivy, bushes, trees, and succulent plants.