Founders of the Mechanics Institute
(1895-1991)
Three of the founders and original trustees of the Institute:
Max Lowenthal, William Farley Peck, and Captain Henry Lomb.

Manual Institute Building
(built 1894)
The Manual Training Building was the first Institute building;
it was later known as the Eastman Annex.

Bevier Building
(ca.1911)
Sketch of the front entrance to the Bevier Memorial Building by building co-designer,
Claude Bragdon.

George H. Clark Building
(built 1946)
The Clark Building was built as a training center
for Screw Machine Technology,
a division of the Mechanical Department.

Eastman Building
(1968)
The Eastman Building
(Administration Tower)
on the RIT Henrietta Campus was designed by architect, Kevin Roche.

Cooking Laboratory
(ca. 1893)
Department of Home Economics

Girls' Gym Class
(ca. 1916)
Department of Physcial Education

Weaving
(ca. 1950)
School for American Craftsmen
(photo: Leonce N. Motyer)

School of Applied & Fine Arts
Modeling from life.

Department of Applied & Fine Arts
Outdoor sketching class

Retailing Department
Student participating in co-op job experience

Publishing & Printing Studio
(ca. 1938)
Students operating printing machines

Manual Arts
(ca. 1915) Student exhibition of wood furniture

Laying the Clark Building Cornerstone
May 18, 1946

Spring Weekend
Parade down Main Street

Tree Planting
Students volunteer to plant trees
on the new RIT campus in Henrietta