Carnegie Mellon University - Historic Images

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This archive contains photographs from the first part of the 20th century relating to Carnegie Mellon University, then known as the Carnegie Institute of Technology.
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[Department of engineering drawing and machine design, Nov. 20/23]
[Department of engineering drawing and machine design, Nov. 20/23]
General photo -- Mechanical Engineering -- Class
A classroom of engineering school students at Carnegie Tech works on drawings.
[Don Juan, February 1922]
[Don Juan, February 1922]
General photo -- Drama -- Don Juan, 1922
A photograph of the 1922 Carnegie Tech production of the play "Don Juan", directed by T. Wood Stevens with settings by Alexander Wycoff.
[Empty production facility]
[Empty production facility]
General photo -- World War I -- Langley Aeronautics Laboratory
An empty industrial shop on the Carnegie Institute of Technology campus.
[Female students drawing a clothed model]
[Female students drawing a clothed model]
General photo -- College of Fine Arts -- Drawing
A classroom of students in the College of Fine Arts sketch a clothed female model.
[Henry Hornbostel]
[Henry Hornbostel]
General photo -- People -- Hornbostel, Henry
Henry Hornbostel, Prof. Architectural Design. 1905-1916, architect, C.I.T., 1912-1914, consulting dean College Fine Arts, 1914-1917, patron, 1918-1919 leave of absence with government, 1920, professor of architecture, part-time.
[John Brashear delivering dedication speech, opening of Langley Aeronautics Laboratory, Carnegie Institute of Technology]
[John Brashear delivering dedication speech, opening of Langley Aeronautics Laboratory, Carnegie Institute of Technology]
General photo -- World War I -- Langley Aeronautics Laboratory
John Brashear is pictured here delivering a dedication speech, upon the opening of Langley Aeronautics Laboratory, Carnegie Institute of Technology.
[Line up for girl's scooter race]
[Line up for girl's scooter race]
General photo -- Student Activities -- Women’s Sweepstakes
Students at Margaret Morrison Carnegie College in costume for a scooter race.
[Line up for girl's scooter race]
[Line up for girl's scooter race]
General photo -- Student Activities -- Women’s Sweepstakes
Students at Margaret Morrison Carnegie College in costume for a scooter race, 1923.
[Metallurgical engineering]
[Metallurgical engineering]
General photo -- Applied Industry -- Foundry
Metallurgical engineering students working in a Carnegie Tech shop.
[Military barracks on the Carnegie Tech campus]
[Military barracks on the Carnegie Tech campus]
General photo -- World War I -- Barracks
Military barracks on the Carnegie Institute of Technology campus, World War I.
[Military gathering on the Carnegie Tech campus]
[Military gathering on the Carnegie Tech campus]
General photo -- World War I -- Langley Aeronautics Laboratory
A military gathering on the Carnegie Institute of Technology campus for the Langley Dedication.
[Mock funereal on student qualification day]
[Mock funereal on student qualification day]
General photo -- Student Activities -- Plebes
A mock funeral on student qualification day, c. 1920.
[Nurses at Margaret Morrison Carnegie College]
[Nurses at Margaret Morrison Carnegie College]
General photo -- World War I -- Groups
Women in nurses' uniforms, World War I, Carnegie Institute of Technology campus.
[Pageant in connection with the laying of the cornerstone of the Fine Arts Building]
[Pageant in connection with the laying of the cornerstone of the Fine Arts Building]
General photo -- College of Fine Arts -- Cornerstone laying pageant
Teenagers dressed in medieval garb are photographed during a pageant for the laying of the cornerstone of the Fine Arts Building at Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1912.
[Pageant in connection with the laying of the cornerstone of the Fine Arts Building]
[Pageant in connection with the laying of the cornerstone of the Fine Arts Building]
General photo -- College of Fine Arts -- Cornerstone laying pageant
Teenagers dressed in Roman garb are photographed during a pageant for the laying of the cornerstone of the Fine Arts Building at Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1912.
[Plebe kid party]
[Plebe kid party]
General photo -- Student Activities -- Party
Presumably freshman students, called plebes, are dressed for a party at Carnegie Institute of Technology.
[Portrait of mentor Charles Steinmentz, 1922]
[Portrait of mentor Charles Steinmentz, 1922]
General photo -- People -- Steinmentz, Charles
A photograph of Charles Steinmentz. "My friend and assistant R.E. Doherty, with the compliments of Charles Steinmentz, June 1922." Gift of Vera Doherty.
[Sheet metal and cornice work]
[Sheet metal and cornice work]
General photo -- Applied Industries -- Sheet metal
Students doing sheet metal and cornice work in a Carnegie Tech workroom.
[Sheet metal shop, equipment looking from front to rear of shop]
[Sheet metal shop, equipment looking from front to rear of shop]
General photo -- Applied Industries -- Sheet metal
The sheet metal shop at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, looking from the front to the rear of shop.
[Soldiers in trucks]
[Soldiers in trucks]
General photo -- World War I -- Truck classes
Soldiers in military trucks on the Carnegie Tech campus, World War I.