University Archives Photograph Collection

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.