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ALT This image shows the northeastern corner of Rankin Science Hall after the 1970 addition. Rankin Science Building was originally built in 1963. The original building can be seen in the foreground, with the additional floors of the 1970 addition rising in the background. It was located on the sight of the old football field, south of the Administration Building, built 1924.

ALT This image shows the first attempt to photograph the moon at Rankin Science Observatory by the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Appalachian State University (1967-current) on July 15, 1964. The photograph was taken by John Dinkens. The Rankin Science Observatory was originally known as the Dark Sky Observatory housed in Rankin Science Hall, built 1963, and managed by the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences. A separate Dark Sky Observatory was opened in 1981 twenty miles northeast of Boone, NC. The Department offers an undergraduate degrees in applied physics and graduate degrees in engineering physics, as well as courses in industrial, chemical, computational, environmental, medical, and radiation safety physics.

ALT This image shows a student working in a laboratory classroom in the newly completed Rankin Science Building at Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967) in the early 1960s. She can be seen pouring a liquid from a beaker into a tube. The Rankin Science Building included classrooms and laboratories for the Departments of Biology, Geology, Chemistry, and Physics. It was completed in 1963 and dedicated to Dean Emeritus James Daniel Rankin.

ALT Description: This image shows student Carolyn Hutchins preparing a slide in the laboratory during the Biology 420 Microtechnique Course on November 10, 1958, in Smith-Wright Hall, built 1940, at Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967). Taught by Dr. L. Carpenter, the microtech lab was open twenty-four hours a day, during which students would work to produce 80 transparent, sectioned, stained, and labeled slides of plant or animal tissue to complete the course. The class had no other exams or written work. Students had to be science majors with two completed years of biology, a year of chemistry, and a year of physics, and be able to work independently.

ALT The Colored Department of Norfolk and Western Railroad Y.M.C.A. photograph, AC 266, depicts 15 African Americans standing in front of a building with a sign reading "Colored Department / N. [and] W. R.R. Y.M.C.A. / A Farewell to the / Colored Liberty / Fellows by the / Y.M.C.A. / Oct. 28 330 pm." This photograph was taken circa 1920s.

ALT This large collage contains photographs of various indoor and outdoor activities at Camp Yonahlossee (Blowing Rock, N.C.) as well as group portraits and photographs of camp founders, Dr. Adam Perry and Margaret Kephart. One photograph is marked "1940."

ALT This image shows the northeastern side of Winkler Residence Hall, built 1974. The eastern (front) entrance can be seen at the base of the building, and the adjacent parking lot is in the foreground. A figure can be seen walking away from the building. Winkler is part of the Stadium Heights Community of residence halls, and is located between Eggers and Frank Residence Halls. (https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/7425)

ALT Description: This image shows the west side of Cannon Residence Hall in August 1977. Also shown are cars in the parking lot and late summer foliage in the foreground. Cannon Hall was a women's dormitory, constructed in 1968, and was part of the Eastridge Community, which also includes Lovill, White, Doughton, and Hoey Halls. It later became a co-educational dormitory. (https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/7351)

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ALT Four people are seated in an automobile parked in front of a house. One is a baby in a bonnet. The automobile and clothing indicate that the photograph was probably taken in the years around 1920.