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People observe the wreckage of the Science Hall after a fire at 1905

Photograph of a "Rat Parade" (Freshman cadets in costume), 1918.

Photograph of a "Rat Parade" (Freshman cadets in costume), 1918.

Rat Parade and Barracks

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R. Sally Miles

Photo of an overgrown cemetery with graves located on Smithfield Plantation

This item includes pdfs of biographies of university presidents, captured from the original anniversary website. Most biographies were compiled from

Pole Vaulting

Pole Vaulter

Portrait of Yvonne Rohran Tung from the 1950 Bugle

This photo depicts the World War I memorial, also known as "The Rock", that is on campus. This memorial was first unveiled in July 1919 just before the commencement ceremonies.

This photo depicts the dedication ceremony of War Memorial Chapel.

This photo depicts the seal of Virginia Polytechnic Institute after the University's name was changed in 1944.

This photo depicts the hangar at the VPI Airpot which was opened in 1931.

This photo depicts Thomas Hall shortly after it was built. Thomas hall was a dormitory that was named after Medal of Honor recipient, Herbert Thomas.

This photo depicts the swimming team in 1970 after the sport was made the first intercollegiate competitive sport for women.

This photo depicts one of the trailer courts that was set-up following World War II to accommodate for the growing number of students at the University.

This composite photo depicts Charles Owens, John Sears, Floyd Meade, Alonzo Freeman, and Preston Mays. These men were some of the first African American that were connected to the University.

Photograph of Owens Hall, December 1952.

In this photo, Seymour Robb, University Librarian (left) talks with Walter S. Newman, President of VPI (right) in Newman Library during construction. The library was completed in 1955.

Photo of Linda Adams, the first African American woman to graduate from Virginia Tech, from the 1968 Bugle

This photo depicts the construction of the east stands in Lane Stadium.

This photo depicts Hutcheson Hall as it was in 1968.

Photograph of Holden Hall in 1968.

This photo depicts five unidentified women in an office at the first Northern Virginia Graduate Center in Reston, Virginia.

This photo depicts the first continuosly-used mascot costume for the Gobbler.

Photograph of Femoyer Hall in 1968

Ella Agnew and Maude Wallace were home demonstration agents for Virginia Cooperative Extension and Mrs. Mary Moore Davis served as professor of the home economics department at Virginia Tech.