former club & curious artifact

This topic combines two of my archival curiosities — RPI artifacts and former RPI clubs.  The artifact is a molded plastic triangle with circuit symbols in relief and a black inset triangle with the gold letters L/R/C.  The former club is LCR. This is a description of LCR found in the 1948 Transit: LCR was [...]

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big name concerts

I’ve been working on a compilation of big name concerts held at RPI.  People occasionally ask questions about bands that played here and it’s useful to have a quick reference to that information. So far, I’ve covered the 1960′s, 70′s and 80′s.  I thought I would share some interesting tidbits from my research. Peter, Paul [...]

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Mystery Image #11 – create a caption

The first create a caption comments were amusing so I will continue to post images that defy description. There is something about this picture that just makes me smile.  Do you see what I see (click on the image to enlarge)?  The only person I can identify is George Low (5th guy in) who, thank [...]

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presidential campaign stops

On October 8, 1952, ten thousand people gathered to hear Dwight D. Eisenhower, Republican candidate for president, give a campaign speech that blamed the Truman administration for leading the nation into a “policy of inflation.”  Two days later, 8,500 people gathered in the same place to hear the Democratic candidate for president, Adlai Stevenson.  Stevenson [...]

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On a hill overlooking Troy

Coming into Troy via Route 7 east down that long slope, one’s eyes inevitably scan to the opposite hill where the RPI campus is situated.  The Low Center sits up there at the highest point, but the most prominent building on the hill now is the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center.  You can’t miss [...]

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