University Archives Photograph Collection

Two students are sitting on a bed. Posters, including a Snoopy poster and Peanuts calendar, as well as a Smokey Bear poster with a burnt match as the I of 'think', hang on the wall alongside decorations and stuffed animals.

A biplane flies over the city of San Luis Obispo during Independence Day festivities, July 4, 1910.

The view toward San Luis Obispo from under the portico of the Administration Building, 1911.

A plant propagation student pollinating tomatoes in one of the California Polytechnic's greenhouses, 1908.

Students making and packing butter, 1910.

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

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.

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.