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Buildings being constructed in the future home of the Quad. Writing at the top of the photo reads: The beginnings of T.P.I. [Tennessee Polytechnic Institute] June-1916 in the middle of a wonderful daisy field.

Twenty-five cent stamp depicting a bust of King Victor Emmanuel III, printed in dark green ink.

Fifty centavo stamp depicting a portrait of Álvares Cabral, printed in dark green ink.

One cent stamp depicting a portrait of William Mckinley, printed in blue ink.

Course catalog of the University of Dixie, popularly called Dixie College.

Around 1916, a Tech committee chose our school colors and the letter writer from the corresponding document that accompanied this scrapbook page was on that committee. The committee dismissed black and gold because of Vanderbilt and chose green and…

Photograph album created by Sydney McGee depicting his service in World War I in France. Dr. Sydney Lamont McGee (1897-1976) founded the foreign language department at Tennessee Tech University in 1939 and remained at Tech until May of 1968. He…