University Archives Photograph Collection

On back: '1951-1952, "Old" Lab'

On back: 'Poly View Trailers and Cal Poly "P" on Mountain' View of the P

Inscription on back: "Main campus - looking east across Dexter Lawn toward Hillcrest Dormitories and Poly Vue Trailers (ca. 1951-1952)"

Front view of President's House

Portrait of Harold P. Davidson, Music Department director and faculty member. Reproduced in 1950 El Rodeo yearbook.

Front caption reads: 'Inside view of Aero Engr. Shop - Group 3 of Aerial View. Note extremely valuable equipment and character of building construction. High fire hazard.'

Architectural Engineering department head, Ralph Priestley, displaying a floor plan to the students in class, seated at drafting tables.

Ward in campus infirmary which also includes five isolation rooms.

Caption reads: 'Treatment room in campus health unit. Available also are x-ray room, minor surgery, laboratory diet kitchen and equipment for all phases of modern health service.'

Caption reads: 'Examination and treatment room at the campus health center. The infirmary unit includes a 20-bed ward, isolation rooms, and living quarters for two nurses.'

A group of agriculture engineering international students are observing images from a slide projector. They are standing around a large desk that has notebooks, magazines, and a camera spread across it.

Students wait in long lines to get food. On the other side, professors serve the food. On the table, food items include Cal Poly products, including milk bottles with labels that read 'Don't be old at forty: drink milk.'

An ice cream machine sits in a food processing room, next to three large barrels.

Three students work together in a soil science lab. On the counter, there are many vials and flasks that contain different soil samples as well as liquids.

Manager Ray Smith; Back Row: Strathgarn, ?, Simpson, Madsen; Middle Row: Sims, Ross, Nichols, Ustick; Front Row: Frederick, Ziemer, Aguilar, Wood

View of Administration building, Dexter Library, classroom units

On back: "Horse and Beef {Pavilion?) before Cal Poly, looking west"

Inscription on back: "Aerial views: Main Campus: General Views - looking northeast from Business Administration and Education to Ag Mechanics and Machine Shop"

View of US 101, Slack Street, and Grand Avenue - looking north by northeast

View of US 101 and Grand Avenue - looking northeast

On back: "Dormitory Row - looking southeast at Dormitory Row (ca. 1950-1955)"

On back: "Dormitory Row - looking east at Jesperson and Chase Halls." View of Dining Hall to left of Chase Hall, President's House in background. Proper spelling of the family name is 'Jespersen'; it is commonly misspelled 'Jesperson'.

Harold P. Davidson, Music Department director and faculty member.

Harold P. Davidson, Music Department director and faculty member.

Sign reads: "San Luis Obispo City Limit, Population 16,001, Elevation 230

Sign reads: "Camp San Luis Obispo 4 miles, Morro Bay 12 miles, Monterey 137 miles"

On back: "Black and white livestock?", likely a young skunk

Sign reads: "California State Polytechnic College" (top), "Permission to pass revocable at any time" (bottom)

Peter Mehlschau, Nipomo, left, and Robert West, Castro Valley, of California State Polytechnic College, San Luis Obispo, Cal., flank the coveted 'Warrior of the Pacific' trophy. The trophy, first presented by the University of Hawaii in 1925, is presented annually to the college ROTC unit with the highest average M1 rifle score. Competition is among all college units attending ROTC summer camps throughout the United States. Mehlschau was second high man out of 1178 cadets during training at Fort Lewis, Washington. West scored third during the Fort Lewis Competition. The award previously has been won by the University of Puerto Rico, Ohio University, University of West Virginia, Pennsylvania Military Academy and the University of Hawaii.

Peter Mehlschau, Nipomo, a senior at California State Polytechnic College, and a 'Warrior in Service of the Great Kamehameha pose together after Mehlschau's score of 234 out of a possible 250 helped clinch the trophy for California State Polytechnic College's ROTC branch.The trophy, first presented by the University of Hawaii in 1925, is presented to the college ROTC unit with the highest average M1 rifle score. Competition is among all college units attending ROTC summer camps throughout the United States. Mehlschau was second high man out of 1178 cadets during training at Fort Lewis, Washington. The award previously has been won by the University of Puerto Rico, Ohio University, University of West Virginia, Pennsylvania Military Academy and the University of Hawaii.

Description attached reads: 'Warrior for Kamehameha - Peter Melschau, Nipomo, left, and Robert West, Castro Valley, ROTC men from California State Polytechnic College in San Luis Obispo admire the trophy, representing a "Warrior in the Service of the Great Kamehameha". Their expert shooting helped win the trophy for the college. The trophy, first presented by the University of Hawaii in 1925, is presented annually to the college ROTC unit with the highest average M1 rifle score. Competition is among all college units attending ROTC summer camps throughout the United States. Mehschau was second high man out of the 1178 cadets during training at Fort Lewis, Washington.'

Left to right: John Healey, Ken Kitch (standing), William Bush, and Robert E. Kennedy. Published in the 1952 El Rodeo, pg 42.

View of construction of North Mountain dormitories, Madonna Mountain visible in the background - looking southwest

View of Cal Poly campus, construction of North Mountain dormitories, radio tower hill, Madonna Mountain, Administration Building, Poly Ninos (Vetville) - looking southwest. View from the P.

Harold P. Davidson, Music Department director and faculty member, seated at desk. Reproduced in 1952 El Rodeo yearbook.

Silver City present in background.

The dorms were constructed in 1952.

On back: "Main campus - looking south from Business Administration and Education to Dormitory Row"

Looking southwest at Aerospace hangar and machine shop, Madonna Mountain in background

An audience of women from around the county attend a workshop to learn how to prepare better lunches for students at the annual school lunch workshop.

The Agricultural Engineering Building, now known as the Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering, was built in 1955 and is still in use as of 2018.