University Archives Photograph Collection

A group of three hold open the front cover of the book 'Look, Governor'. The book was used to petition the California governor for a new library at Cal Poly. The picture is taken in front of Dexter Library.

Man (student?) on horseback tending cattle in field east of the campus; campus in background, including Deuel Hall; Bishop's Peak in background

View looking east toward Main Buildings; BandW

Southwest corner showing west and south elevations; loading dock; outbuildings from [poultry unit?] behind and to the right

View of the clock tower on the 'new' administration building, also known as the Second Administration Building (clocktower building) (built in 1941- 42) [now the Business Administration Building] from southwest angle. Building partially hidden by landscaping (hedge, palm trees).

ASI President Ole Meland holds up giant book titled 'Look, Governor' in front of Dexter Library. The book was a petition to the governor to build a new library at Cal Poly.

View looking west showing shop buildings, agricultural buildings and rear of Main Buildings; [closer view than Aston Photo no.239]

Front elevations of Household Arts, Weeks Administration Building, Dormitory shot from southwest angle, rock formation in foreground. Front of card bears number '468'; card not published by Aston but by 'Pacific N --' of San Francisco [publisher name partially covered by archives label]

Baseball team in uniform posed in front of dirt road

Students working in field with hand held plows(?) and hand tools. Fieldwork. View of east (back) side of Main Buildings, and Weeks Powerhouse partly visible in background. Only one of the two images bears the Aston inventory no. Published in 1916-17 Bulletin with caption 'Garden Practice.'

Students at work in a corner of the Carpenter Shop.

Two women students seated at sewing machines; one (L) is using machine; other (R) is trimming thread; Singer logo is visible on center machine; at least one machine is connected to electrical chord.

Photo of interior of Machine Shop

The room includes a bunk bed setup, with apparently hand-made bunk bed and speaker system, one sitting on a couch with another standing among multiple hanging plants. The walls are covered in framed pictures or illustrations, a poster for 'Design Village 77', possibly architecture students. Several other hand-drawn posters hanging on the wall, with a book open on the desk.

Lone pig in profile; card printed in cyanotype. Poor resolution; image positioned in upper right corner of card, rather than filling card or centered

View looking east toward the Cal Poly campus from [--?], Deuel Hall off to the right; Power House not visible (not built?)

A student reclining on a bed in the South Mountain dorms, or Red Bricks, reading a book. A phone and various items sit on the floor with a pair of shoes sitting in the center of the room, while many small plants and a sewing machine sit on the windowsill. A small bookshelf and other areas are covered with a tea set, books, and decorations including Big Bird from Sesame Street, drawings and posters hanging on the walls, including a poster of Charles Schulz' Snoopy thinking 'A kiss on the cheek does much to toward turning aside anger', a nail board with jewelry and necklaces, and pictures of a group of people and individuals as well as locations hanging alongside small stuffed animals.

Group portrait of football team on field in formation. Caption reads 'The Eleven'

Front elevations of Household Arts, Weeks Administration Building, Dormitory; woman seated on steps and man standing in front of Administration Building; Only first copy has Aston Photo number. Second copy is more washed out than first copy.

Student outside of tent exhibiting sacks of beans. '420 pounds of Beans from 1-1/2 pounds of seed Grown by Wm W. Wood of Oak Park near San Luis Obispo, Cal.'

Front elevation taken from southwest angle; ivy on front entrance; man standing on south side of building; automobiles in background. Caption includes a number '2634.'

Interior of Dairy Barn

Student and technician looking at printed results from Cybex II Isokinetic Dynamometer in a university building.

The students are riding the tram through the University Union plaza.

Based on the January 27, 1983 Cal Poly Report, the computer numerical controlled milling machine pictured was donated by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation via an educational grant. A plaque on the machine describes this information, as well. Three people stand around the machine, discussing a part. 'Support donated by Los Angeles Firm,' January 27, 1983 Cal Poly Report: https://digital.lib.calpoly.edu/rekl-17714

Three people stand around a board of varying shapes and sizes of collets, in a Engineering Technology Department space. See also ua-pho_00003642.

A student sits on a bed with a textbook. Hanging on the walls are several posters and pictures, including Spock with his Vulcan hand gesture and the phrase 'live long and prosper'; a Charles Schulz' Linus poster with the writing 'I love mankind ... It's people I can't stand!' hanging with multiple group photos; multiple pieces of paper including an award, calendar; and other items on a small shelf including a box of Cheer detergent, speakers and records, a basketball and frisbee, books and magazines. On the desk are sitting several lamps, a turntable and radio, a plant in a hand-shaped pot, and a framed photograph. The phone is sitting on the floor.

View looking northwest through the arches on the Weeks Administration Building; railroad bridge in mid ground

Students working in field with hand held plows(?) and hand tools. Fieldwork.

Students and staff at work with [plow?] and draft horses, stone wall behind them. Probably building damn or weir as part of irrigation system. [See course descriptions for Mechanics: Hydraulic and for Surveying and Irrigation]. Note foal tagging along

The students are sewing with a pattern and pincushion. A piece of tape, dividing the room in half, extends on the floor and up the wall, where hanging posters and pictures fill the corkboard including a kitten hanging off a tree limb with the phrase 'Hang On Baby, Friday's Coming,' other illegible posters and flyers, and one which says 'those of you who think you know everything (illegible)' near a shelf packed with books, boxes, and different objects. A travel case is sitting on the dresser while clothes for sewing are sitting at the base of the bed.

Dairy cow 'Lady Bud of Glenhurst' ; in field on lead line

Rear view of building from southeast corner; shows rear entrance

[view from the south?]

View looking west showing shop buildings (left foreground)and rear of Main Buildings (background), [Bishop's Peak?]

Male students swimming in creek[?] Appears as though the creek may have been dammed using sandbags. One student diving off of a wood plank diving board.

Single rosebud in a vase. Possibly an exhibit of student work for the class in ornamental horticulture (or for a household arts class in practical gardening).

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.

Front elevation taken from southwest angle, no. ivy

Interior of incubator cellar with incubators (Cyphers Incubator, Buffalo NY)

West elevation, garden in the foreground. 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.

Poultry barn in background