University Archives Photograph Collection

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

View looking west from behind shop buildings, creamery to the right, Main Buildings in background with Household Arts partially obscured by trees

Front elevations of Household Arts, Weeks Administration Building, Dormitory shot from southwest angle; rock formation in foreground. Sepia toned print; card published by 'Cardinell Vincent Co. Mfg. San Francisco'; address space inscribed to Dr. James T. Culbertson (Cal Poly Faculty ca. 1950s-60s) from Jim Kenshol

Banquet in one of the Cal Poly buildings[?]. Men seated and standing around a banquet table, posing for group portrait.(David Starr Jordan may be pictured here. The event has not been identified.)

View looking west toward Main Buildings; color printed. Published exclusively for San Luis Variety Store, San Luis Obispo, Ca. by Newman Post Card Co. Los Angeles. Note: that caption above photo reads 'Polytechnic High School.'

View of San Luis Mountain from Cal Poly (in front of the Weeks Administration Building)

Football game in progress. Photo dates after 1909, for Deuel Hall (right background) and Dining Hall (left background), have both been completed by 1909.

Southwest corner, showing front and south elevations

Southwest corner of dairy barn, silo to the right (southeast)

Front elevation; women students on steps; men on the lawn. Negative on file with postcards

'Palm Street. San Luis Obispo, California.' Unpaved street with palm on either side. Only building in photo (left side) is largely obscured by palms. Published by The Albertype Co. (publisher's location obscured by label)

Students at work in the Carpenter Shop. Published in the Mar. 1915 Bulletin. Note written on the back also says 'Bul. July, 1904' 'no. 9' in lower left corner.

Original Power House, designed by Weeks, situated to north of Main Buildings. Southwest corner showing south and west elevations. 1902-04 Biennial Report notes a Power House designed by Weeks; similarity in design/construction of roofs of Main Bldgs. and Weeks Powerhouse v. roof on 'New' Power House; location of the older/newer Power Houses in relation to Main Bldgs., evident in maps and plans of campus

'Birds-eye view -- San Luis Obispo Cal. -- Cal. Polytechnic School in Distance'; looking north across San Luis; Cerro San Luis and Bishop's Peak in left background

Front of Deuel Hall taken from southwest corner. One student standing on porch; another student visible in second-story window .Caption reads 'J1695 Boy's Dormitory Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo, Cal.' Post card is 2-3/4 x 6-1/2 in. (as opposed to standard 3-1/4 x 5 1/2). Emulsion side is damaged. Published for San Luis Variety Store, by J. Bowers Photo Co. Long Beach.

Southwest corner, showing front and south elevations; palm tree in lower right corner

Percheron stallion draft horse in halter, with unidentified man; in front of barn; sign on side of barn: 'No Smoking Allowed'

'Inwood Philomena 2nd' ; in field on lead line

Invitation from 'The Associated Students of California Polytechnic School extend a cordial invitation to you to attend the Decennial Celebration of the School.'

Cal Poly's first administration building

Members of the 1915-16 Agricultural Club, wearing military uniforms and seated on steps of Weeks Administration Building. Fuzzier than #170 toward the left and right edges; door in center background is slightly ajar.

Group portrait of football team in uniform, with asst. coach C.H. Williams and coach D.W. Schlosser; posing in formation on field; team members identified on back. Photo of same team, seated on steps, was published in the Polytechnic J. (v.12, no.1, June 1917) with caption identifying members. [Post card's emulsion layer is damaged -- flaking off in margins of photo.]

Members of the 1915-16 Agricultural Club, wearing military uniforms and seated on steps of Weeks Administration Building. Published in 1916 Polytechnic J.

Members of the Amapola Club seated on steps. Another, slightly different image was published in 1916 Polytechnic J. and in the 1916-17 Bulletin.

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.