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Davis side of Wilmer-Davis

A view looking west of Wilmer-Davis Residential Complex, WSU building #30. A grass quad, now occupied by a parking lot opposite the Bookie, appears in the foreground flanked on either side by trees casting their shadows. …

A two-story, temporary building of frame construction. Exterior 2 x 4 stud walls are covered with plywood on exterior with gypsum-board interior surfaces. Foundations are wood piers. Warm air from steam-heated coils is forced to the rooms. There are…

Webster hall and a large construction crane.

A brick and concrete building that will house the Washington State Institute of Technology. It will have three and one-half stories when completed and will contain 15 offices, 10 shops, and 46 laboratories. Overall dimensions are 350’x57’. Floor…

Twenty-nine of the units in Washington Square are prefabricated houses moved from Richland, Washington. These have plywood exterior and interior surfaces and cost the College an average of $1,735 per unit. Eleven other units are frame buildings,…

A view looking south during the initial construction of Waller Hall. The nearly bare hills of Pullman are visible in the background, as is the Finch Memorial Hospital. The lifting tower rises prominently at the site; and automobile is parked across…

A view looking south during the construction of Waller Hall. The nearly bare hills of Pullman are visible as are piles of construction materials and the top of a lifting tower. Waller Hall, originally the New Men's Dormitory, was designed by Stanley…

A photograph of a Home Economics laboratory located in Van Doren, WSU building #37. A class of students, wearing white aprons, bake under the instruction of Miss Hunt. Electric cords from heating sources placed atop two long work surfaces are visible…

A photograph of a Home Economics laboratory located in Van Doren, WSU building #37. Six cakes are placed on a small wooden table in the left foreground. Two long counters run across the room with cooking surfaces on top. A female student in white…

A photograph depicting a campus day celebration in front of the west facade of Van Doren. Students participated in campus day activities during the early years of WSU. The celebration held in the Spring started with work projects, such as lawn raking…

A photograph depicting a campus day activities in front of the west facade of Van Doren. Students participated in campus day activities during the early years of WSU. The celebration held in the Spring started with work projects, such as lawn raking…

Looking south at the construction of Troy Hall. The structure's frame is partially complete. Brick walls and wooden flooring are visible as are planted fields and the sparsely developed city of Pullman. Designed by K. Zittle Troy Hall, WSU building…

Two men wearing hats sit along side a cart pulled by two pigs transporting large milk cans in front of Troy Hall's Creamery and Dairy Department. Signs on the building read "A. Olston Groceries" and "W.S.C. Cream Station." Designed by K.…

Students entering and exiting Todd Hall.

Todd Auditorium.

An interior view of the first campus library located inside Thompson Hall, Washington State University's first Administration building. Solid wood bookshelves line the walls. In the center of the room is a circular wooden rail behind which is placed…

A photograph looking west during the construction of Thompson Hall, WSU Building #1. The roof is incomplete, as are the windows. A wooden bridge leads to the upper floor. Dirt and construction debris are visible. Thompson Hall is the oldest extant…

A photograph looking east during the construction of Thompson Hall, WSU Building #1. The roof is incomplete, as are the windows. Dirt and construction debris are visible. Thompson Hall is the oldest extant building on campus, designed by noted…