University Archives Photograph Collection

1910 baseball team in uniform with equipment (Hammaker, Cox, and Shipley identified). Published in Polytechnic J. (v.5, no.8, June 1910)

Group portrait of Polytechnic Journal Staff, 1909-10, on porch of a Cal Poly building, seated and standing around table, copies of the Journal on table. Published in the Polytechnic J. (v. 5, no.8, June 1910) with caption identifying all staff members. ('Leona Stenner' written in the address space)

Group portrait of rugby team on field; with coach Chester Rubel (standing, right) and coach McHenry (standing, left); main buildings in background; Published in Polytechnic J. (v.6, no.3, Dec. 1910)

Group of Seniors, ...May 1910'; students standing and seated on steps of rear entrance, Weeks Administration Building (20 of 22 students identified on back of postcard)

Aeroplane at San Luis Obispo, Cal., July 4, 1910. This is believed to be the first flight above San Luis Obispo. Photograph taken from Terrace Hill, looking north.

Students making and packing butter, 1910.

Outdoor class in Geometry Feb. 4, 1910.' Male and female students, working in groups of four, some with books in hand some holding [rulers?] at angle to the ground. Girls in separate group from boys.

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

1907 women's basketball team in athletic garb; 9 women. (1 addressed to 'Miss Mae Brew')

1907 women's basketball team in athletic costume; with coach.

1907 Women's basketball team

1907 basketball teams; women's team seated front; men's team standing behind; basketball painted 'CPS '07.' 1 addressed to 'Miss Mae Brew'; image published in Polytechnic Journal (v.3, no. 5, Feb. 1908)

Faculty and student body of Cal Poly on steps of Weeks Administration Building, Oct. 1907. (1 addressed to Miss Mae Brew, signed 'G.A.J. Jr.'; 1 addressed to Miss Edith Bianchi, signed 'Joe,' (possibly Joseph Bianchi, Class of 1909); postmarked Oct. 24 1907; published in Polytechnic J. (v.3, no.1, Oct. 1907))

Group portrait of men's basketball team

The student football team in 1907. The Boy's Dormitory (later renamed Deuel Hall) is seen in the background under construction. The dormitory was completed in 1908.

440 yard dash, Santa Maria v. Cal Polytechnic '08'; at the finish line; at Cal Poly

220 yard dash, Santa Maria v. Cal. Polytechnic '08'; runners shot from behind as they approach finish line; crowd of spectators includes a photographer on other side of finish line

Track and field team in uniform on the track with athletic equipment; wearing ribbons won at events; with coach [F.E. Edwards?]

Cal Poly's 124-member Mustang Marching Band travel to perform at half-time show during the Oakland Raiders-Pittsburgh Steelers professional football game, played at the Oakland Coliseum.

Cal Poly's 124-member Mustang Marching Band performs at halftime show during the Oakland Raiders-Pittsburgh Steelers professional football game, played in the Oakland Coliseum.

Cal Poly's 124-member Mustang Marching Band performs at halftime show during the Oakland Raiders-Pittsburgh Steelers professional football game, played in the Oakland Coliseum.

Cal Poly's 124-member Mustang Marching Band performs at halftime show during the Oakland Raiders-Pittsburgh Steelers professional football game, played in the Oakland Coliseum.

Cal Poly's 124-member Mustang Marching Band performs at halftime show during the Oakland Raiders-Pittsburgh Steelers professional football game, played in the Oakland Coliseum.

Cal Poly Mustang Marching Band members travel by van to Oakland Coliseum to perform at Oakland Raiders-Pittsburgh Steelers professional football game.

Mission San Luis Obispo about 1890. Father Junipero Serra founded the mission in 1772. During the 1880s, it's adobe walls were covered with wooden clapboard siding, and a New England-style bell tower was added. These alterations were removed in about 1934, and the mission's facade and roofline were restored to their original style.