Photographs, negatives, and photographic slides created and collected by campus staff, faculty, and students between 1900-2017. Images include campus buildings and landscape, student activities, special events, classrooms and coursework, faculty and staff events, and aerial views of campus and the surrounding area. Finding aid available at https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8w09c4b/admin/
Student horseshoers get more practical experience by caring for the feet of horses belonging to other college students and nearby ranchers.
Major Gus Gibson, a returning G. I. is accompanied by his wife and their child as he signs up for classes. The campus "Hello Girl," Mrs. Olga Martinsen, provides friendly assistance.
Cal Poly's first administration building
John Madden tosses the golf ball forward, as he and three other golfers walk on the putting green.
Danny Cohen and Merry Jane...The fact that owners of champions such as this three-year-old American Saddlebred mare are willing to have Danny do their shoeing is proof that his workmanship meets the highest standards. Holding the mare is Doug Robb, Jr., trainer at the Rancho Honora, one of the leading southern California stables for schooling gaited and fine harness horses.
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.
Campus view, 1958. The following year saw phenomenal growth in construction, with 11 new buildings under way.
![Deed for California Polytechnic School [copy negative]](/_flysystem/fedora/styles/large/fedora/2023-02/ua-pho_00000965.jpg?itok=KnS61FHq)
![A parade float advertising the Vocational Veterans program [copy negative]](/_flysystem/fedora/styles/large/fedora/2023-03/ua-pho_00001036.jpg?itok=MtgQgtZY)
