Terre Haute Postcards - Indiana State College (2)

More postcards from my collection...

Gillum and Sandison Halls, Indiana State College

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Gillum and Sandison Halls
Indiana State College
Terre Haute, Indiana
Stately Gillum Hall, left, opened in 1963, and
Sandison Hall, right, opened in 1962, are residence
units each housing 300 male students.

P56350
Pub. by Wabash Valley News Agency. Inc., Terre Haute, Ind.
Plastichrome by Colourpicture Publishers, Inc., Boston 30, Mass., U.S.A

Home Economics Building, Indiana State College

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Home Economics Building
Indiana State College
Terre Haute, Indiana
The striking Home Economics Building was first
opened for use in 1956 and was the first college
building to be constructed off the original
quadrangle campus tract. Courses of study in home
economics prepare young women for a variety of
positions in the home economics area.

P56355
Pub. by Wabash Valley News Agency. Inc., Terre Haute, Ind.
Plastichrome by Colourpicture Publishers, Inc., Boston 30, Mass., U.S.A

Indiana State College, Industrial Education Building

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P56348
Pub. by Wabash Valley News Agency. Inc., Terre Haute, Ind.
Plastichrome by Colourpicture Publishers, Inc., Boston 30, Mass., U.S.A.

Industrial Education Building, Indiana State College
Terre Haute, Indiana
Originally constructed in 1915, this building was completely remodeled, rehabilitated and reequipped in 1956. The building houses wood, metal, auto mechanics, machine, printing, electricity-electronics, and foundry laboratories and shops as well as classrooms for drawing and general instruction of elementary industrial arts.

Language - Mathematics Building, Indiana State College

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Language - Mathematics Building
Indiana State College
Terre Haute, Indiana
Opened in 1950, houses Departments of English,
Foreign Languages, Mathematics, Philosophy, and
Speech. In addition to regular classrooms, the
building has a 300-seat playhouse, a television
studio, radio studio, theatre make-up and scenery
rooms, and a foreign language audio laboratory.

P56344
Pub. by Wabash Valley News Agency. Inc., Terre Haute, Ind.
Plastichrome by Colourpicture Publishers, Inc., Boston 30, Mass., U.S.A.

College Library, Indiana State College

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College Library
Indiana State College
Terre Haute, Indiana
With a collection of over 217,000 books, plus many
types of non-book materials, the College Library
regularly receives over 900 periodicals and 27
newspapers. It has a Teaching Materials Center,
Reserve Book Room, seminar and conference rooms,
specialized equipment for record listening and
microfilm viewing. The original building was
completed in 1910, but was remodeled when a six-
story addition was completed in 1957.

P56351
Pub. by Wabash Valley News Agency. Inc., Terre Haute, Ind.
Plastichrome by Colourpicture Publishers, Inc., Boston 30, Mass., U.S.A.

If you look at the image of the building you can see the inscription, near the roof-line, that still says "State Normal Library."

Men's Physical Education Building & Arena, Indiana State College

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Men's Physical Education Building
and Arena
Indiana State College
Terre Haute, Indiana
Officially dedicated in 1962, this building houses
a 5,500 seat Arena, gymnastic and wrestling rooms,
three general classrooms, an Olympic type swimming
pool, and indoor practice track, golf, baseball
area in basement, locker and training room facilities
and a suite of faculty offices.

P56347
Pub. by Wabash Valley News Agency. Inc., Terre Haute, Ind.
Plastichrome by Colourpicture Publishers, Inc., Boston 30, Mass., U.S.A.

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