James Rhyne Killian and others at Building 35 groundbreaking, 1950

Object summary

Title: James Rhyne Killian and others at Building 35 groundbreaking, 1950
Object ID: GCP-00013791
Date made: 1950-08-18
Place made: United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge, MIT
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

Group photograph of five men with an excavator at a groundbreaking ceremony on MIT campus. Standing on the ground, left to right, are John Chipman, Robert C. Dean, and James Holt. James Rhyne Killian sits in the cab of the excavator and John Wulff stands on the running board. Stamp on verso reads, "M.I.T. Historical Collections, Boston Herald Photo, Date published: 8/18/50, Date received: 10/18/74".

Original captions: "Aug. 18, 1950, M.I.T. Head Runs Steam Shovel - Dr. James R. Killian, Jr., plays part in breaking ground for new $1,000,000 Sloan Metal Processing Laboratory, L to R, Prof J. Chipman, J. Wulff, Robert C. Dean (architectural firm of Perry Shaw and Hepburn Kehoe + Dean, James Holt, Exec of Mech Engr."