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A Photographic History of Oregon State University
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Brush Mower Developed by the School of Forestry, ca. 1939
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Brush mower developed by the School of Forestry, ca. 1939. Practical labor saving devices, such as this modified truck made into an early “brush hog,” were important research projects, especially during World War II when Oregon experienced a severe labor shortage in both industry and agriculture. (HC 849)
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OAC Professor of Bacteriology Theodore Beckwith in His Lab, ca. 1913
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OAC Professor of Bacteriology Theodore Beckwith in his lab, ca. 1913. The Bacteriology Department worked closely with other departments, such as Dairy Husbandry and Poultry Husbandry, on Experiment Station research projects. Beckwith was a member of the OAC faculty and chair of the Bacteriology Department from 1912 to 1919. He authored several Extension and Experiment Station publications. He later served as chair of UCLA’s Department of Bacteriology. (HC 949)
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Canning Berries in the Horticultural Products Canning Lab, ca. 1920
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Canning berries in the Horticultural Products canning lab, ca. 1920. The second floor of the Horticultural Products Building included this seventy-two foot long canning room. An addition to the building in 1924 provided a new space of nearly 2,800 square feet for the canning lab and included two complete lines of canning machinery. (HC 936)
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School of Forestry Tree Nursery, 1925
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School of Forestry Tree Nursery, 1925. The School of Forestry established this tree nursery soon after the Forestry Building (Moreland Hall) was built in 1917. In 1925 the nursery contained nearly 100 species. Many of the trees in the large grove south of Moreland Hall are remnants of this nursery. (HC 849)
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Brush Mower Developed by the School of Forestry, ca. 1939
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Brush mower developed by the School of Forestry, ca. 1939. Practical labor saving devices, such as this modified truck made into an early “brush hog,” were important research projects, especially during World War II when Oregon experienced a severe labor shortage in both industry and agriculture. (HC 849)
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Participants in the Oregon Dairy Industries Meeting at Oregon State College Judging Ice Cream, February 1953
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Participants in the Oregon Dairy Industries meeting at Oregon State College judging ice cream, February 1953. (P82:27 #1597)
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Physics Professors David Nicodemus and Richard R. Dempster Work with OSC’s Cyclotron, ca. 1954
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Physics Professors David Nicodemus and Richard R. Dempster work with OSC’s cyclotron, ca. 1954. Nicodemus joined the Oregon State faculty in 1950 after receiving his doctorate at Stanford, where he worked on establishing its cyclotron. During World War II he worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, and participated in the detonation of the first nuclear device at the Trinity site in 1945. Dempster came to Oregon State in 1944 after earning his doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1942. While at Cal, Dempster worked in Ernest O. Lawrence’s Radiation Lab. Lawrence developed the first cyclotron at the University of California in 1932. (P25:2888)
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Biochemist Wil Gamble in the Lab, ca. 1965
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Biochemist Wil Gamble in the lab, ca. 1965. Gamble came to OSU in 1962 and joined the faculty of the Chemistry Department. He became part of the newly created Biochemistry and Biophysics Department when it was established in 1967. Gamble’s research focused on atherosclerosis, a form of arteriosclerosis. He won College of Science and university awards for his student advising work. (P82:203)
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Researcher in an entomology lab, Cordley Hall, ca. 1968
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Researcher in an entomology lab, Cordley Hall, ca. 1968. Entomological research at OSU dates back to the late 19th century. (P55)
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OSU Antarctic Station, 1974
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OSU Antarctic Station, 1974. OSU oceanographers studied Antarctic under-ice water temperature, currents and salinity as part of a National Science Foundation research grant. The four-member team lived in one of the ten feet by twelve feet huts in the photo; the other served as their workspace. In September and October 1974, the crew experienced air temperatures with a wind chill of more than minus 100 degrees Fahrenheit. This photo first appeared in the January 1975 Oregon Stater. (P57:4948)
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Men’s Fencing Class in the Men’s Gymnasium, 1930.
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Men’s fencing class in the Men’s Gymnasium, 1930. The college catalog stated that the physical education department “offers every man in the College an opportunity for wholesome participation in nearly every branch of recognized physical activity.” Those activities included swimming, boxing, polo, rowing, wrestling, fencing, tumbling, golf, cross country, speedball and playground ball. This photo was taken by Howell’s Studio, Corvallis. (HC 818)
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Theta Sigma Phi Members Performing a Stunt in Front of the Memorial Union, 1938
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Theta Sigma Phi members performing a stunt in front of the Memorial Union, 1938. Theta Sigma Phi is a national professional society for women in journalism and communications. It was created in 1909 by female journalism students at the University of Washington. Oregon State’s Alpha Eta chapter was established in 1924, replacing a predecessor organization called The Scribe. The national organization, now known as the Association for Women in Communications, allowed men to become members in 1972. (HC 1182)
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Dedication of the Chemistry Building, December 2, 1939
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Dedication of the Chemistry Building, December 2, 1939. President Peavy (front row, right), Governor Charles Sprague (front row, center) Chancellor Frederick M. Hunter (second row, second from left) and members of the State Board of Higher Education attended the dedication of the building – one of a handful of buildings built at any public higher education campus in Oregon in the 1930s. Board member Beatrice Walton Sackett is in the front row, left. Linus Pauling (not pictured) was also at the building’s dedication. (P16:733)
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View of the Library Quad and West Campus, ca. 1930
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View of the Library quad and west campus, ca. 1930. This photo shows several of the buildings constructed during Kerr’s administration, including the Men’s Dormitory (Weatherford Hall), the Memorial Union (dome is visible), Agriculture Hall, the Women’s Building, the Home Economics Building, Snell Hall, the Commerce Building, the Library, and the Bandstand. (P17:31)
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Brush Mower Developed by the School of Forestry, ca. 1939
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Brush mower developed by the School of Forestry, ca. 1939. Practical labor saving devices, such as this modified truck made into an early “brush hog,” were important research projects, especially during World War II when Oregon experienced a severe labor shortage in both industry and agriculture. (HC 849)
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William Arthur Jensen, ca. 1930
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William Arthur Jensen, ca. 1930. Jensen (1881 -1945) served as executive secretary for presidents Kerr and Peavy and was a member of the college’s administrative council. He came to OAC in 1907. After President Kerr was in an auto accident and needed nearly a year to recover, Jensen served as the de facto president of OAC during Kerr’s hiatus. The campus gates were dedicated to Jensen for his strong support of WPA art projects on campus during the 1930s. (HC 258)
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M. Ellwood Smith, ca. 1932
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M. Ellwood Smith, ca. 1932. Smith (1884-1966) was dean of Oregon State’s Lower Division from 1932 to 1949. He came to OAC in 1919 as professor of English and Dean of Basic Arts and Sciences. Smith was well known for his humorous commentaries, often about other faculty members and usually written in verse. Photo by McCullagh Studio, Berkeley, California. (HC 354)
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Benny Beaver, 1939
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Benny Beaver appearance, Nov. 18, 1939. Although Ken Austin is credited with being the first student to appear as Benny Beaver in the fall of 1952, another student made a one time appearance thirteen years before Austin’s debut. This card-playing stunt occurred during the halftime of the OSC-California game and was witnessed by nine thousand fans. OSC won 21-0. (P17:1198)
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Professor Earl L. Packard Examining a Fossilized Sea Turtle Skull, ca. 1935.
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Professor Earl L. Packard examining a fossilized sea turtle skull, ca. 1935. Packard was a paleontologist who came to OSC from the University of Oregon in 1932 as a part of the consolidation of the School of Science at Oregon State. He served as the Dean of Science from 1932 to 1938, as chair of the geology department from 1932 to 1950, and as director of OSC’s Research Council from 1932 to 1946. (HC 1038)
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