Institute of Aerospace Studies - facilities and staff
Date
September 26, 1984
Extent and medium
100 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs documenting research at the Institute of Aerospace Studies showing both the facilities and research equipment and the staff at work. These photographs were most likely taken for the annual report.
Title
Aerospace Studies - Sonic Horn
Date
June 17, 1971
Extent and medium
26 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs show staff working with scientific equipment throughout the Institute of Aerospace Studies. Included are images of the Sonic Horn, developed to simulate shock waves produced by supersonic aircraft. There are also photographs of the exterior of the complex along with some showing Prof. Israel Glass looking over some plans.
Title
Dr. William Bigalow
Date
March 14, 1972
Extent and medium
72 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs of Dr. William Bigalow performing surgery, posing for a portrait in the operating room and walking along a hospital corridor.
Title
Great Lakes Institute - Research onboard the Port Dauphine
Date
June 19, 1960
Extent and medium
49 negatives : b&w ; 6x6 cm
Description
Interior and exterior views of research being conducted onboard the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Port Dauphine, which was on loan to the University of Toronto's Great Lakes Institute. The Institute was established in 1960 by Professor George Langford to study the impacts of pollution and the future Douglas Point Nuclear Generating Station on the Great Lakes and their water life. Included are shots of the Porte Dauphine
Title
Dentistry - open house
Date
February 12, 1961
Extent and medium
24 negatives : b&w ; 6x6 cm
Description
Interior views of an open house at the Dentistry Building that was attended by 2,000 visitors. Included are shots of guests enjoying refreshments, touring the building, and receiving demonstrations from students, faculty, and alumni.
Title
Portraits - Professor Duncan Graham
Date
October 20, 1959
Extent and medium
10 negatives : b&w ; 6x6 cm
Description
Portraits of Professor Emeritus Duncan Graham and a student or lab technician in the laboratory in Room 322 of the Banting Institute.
Title
Faculty of Pharmacy - cardiac research bulb planting
Date
September 18, 1962
Extent and medium
12 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
External view of building and shots of individuals planting bulbs. Sign reads "The plot of Star of Bethlehem is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of West Toronto for Cardiac Research at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto"
Title
Faculty of Dentistry - Orthodontic Studies in Burlington
Views of women filing, examining x-rays, making mouth pieces and other activities. Shots of orthodontist making mould of patient's mouth, taking and examining x-rays.
Title
Royal Ontario Museum - Dr Gordon Edmund, paleontologist, undertaking reptile tooth study
Date
November 9, 1965
Extent and medium
20 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Shows Edmond with a live iguana named Charlie and the posing with the fossil skeleton as of the Tyrannosaurus rex as well as using the X-ray machine to study reptile teeth.
Title
Great Lakes Institute
Date
November 25, 1965
Extent and medium
36 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Views aboard ship including laboratory, kitchen and top deck. Shows a sample being taken and examined
Title
Faculty of Medicine - Department of Ophthalmology Opening
Date
April 28, 1967
Extent and medium
48 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Views of guest examining laboratory and equipment. Views of exhibits and demonstrations and formal speech. This is possibly the opening of the Department.
Title
Department of Ophthalmology - view taken from operating table
Date
May 11, 1967
Extent and medium
34 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
These images taken by Bob Lansdale involved putting the camera on the operating table simulating patient view for eye surgery. Includes a self-portrait of photographer Bob Lansdale.
Title
Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering - Miss Purity clean air car.
Date
July 24, 1970
Extent and medium
47 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Views of students and staff testing the unfinished race car in the laboratory, particularly the battery.
Title
Institute of Aerospace Studies - interiors
Date
November 08, 1977
Extent and medium
79 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs documenting research at the Institute of Aerospace Studies showing both the facilities and research equipment and the staff at work. These photographs were most likely taken for the annual report.
Title
Institute of Aerospace Studies - facilities and staff
Date
November 24, 1977
Extent and medium
18 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs documenting research at the Institute of Aerospace Studies showing both the facilities and research equipment and the staff at work. These photographs were most likely taken for the annual report.
Title
Institute of Aerospace Studies - facilities and staff
Date
November 12, 1979
Extent and medium
80 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs documenting research at the Institute of Aerospace Studies showing both the facilities and research equipment and the staff at work. These photographs were taken for the annual report.
Title
Department of Physics - installation of radiation chamber for Slowpoke
Date
May 06, 1971
Extent and medium
35 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs taken during the installation of the radiation chamber for Slowpoke, a small nuclear reactor on loan to the University by Atomic Energy of Canada for evaluation, in 1971.
Title
Institute of Aerospace Studies - Photos for brochure and annual progress report
Date
September 27, 1973
Extent and medium
81 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs of the Institute of Aerospace Studies staff and students conducting various experiments. Includes photographs of different types of equipment including: Atmospheric entry (Mars) simulator, space simulation structures, sonic boom simulator, plasma tunnel, rocket equipment package, Earth resources image recorder, trace atmospheric gas analyzer, human pilot studies, and a low speed wind tunnel. It also includes exterior shots of the circular track building, and staff playing soccer in the recreation area.
Title
Department of Geology - Laboratory
Date
May 11, 1974
Extent and medium
21 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs document University of Toronto geologists in the Petrology laboratory where artificial pressures can be created that are equal to the earths crust Including in the shots are Dr. John Rucklidge operating a microprobe, Profs Jeffrey Fawcett, Michael Downes and John Grittins with the pressure vessels. There are also photos of Dr. Alan Goodwin with specimens of the Pre-cambrian Shield, as it relates to his Geotraverse Project research.
Title
Institute of Aerospace Studies - Testing of Air Cushion Vehicle
Date
May 30, 1974
Extent and medium
58 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs of faculty preparing to the test of an air cushion vehicle in a specially designed track. Included are shots of Prof. Phillip Sullivan in the track with the vehicle Vanpire 1.