During Rensselaer’s recent Family Weekend, the Institute Archives held a “show & tell” for campus visitors.  We displayed an assortment of items documenting the student experience at Rensselaer, focusing on the changing campus landscape, housing over the years, Grand Marshall history and activities, and RPI hockey.

It's time for another mystery image! I realized this morning that we haven't posted anything bewildering in quite a while. Who is the man in the photo? Can anyone tell us about that specimen he seems to be focusing on?

When we provide titles or descriptions to images in our database, they're usually very basic and point out identifiable characteristics of the photo so we can easily retrieve it for patrons or internal use. For example, the description for this image might be "Man using torch in lab."

Image I retrieved another image from the "unidentified" box of photographs today in the Archives.

We're wrapping up our five-day mystery image blitz with an image that I find curious. There's just something odd about the pose of the two men and the looks on their faces! I really wish I knew more about the context of this photograph. Does anyone know who they are and why they would have been pictured together?

Hmmmm, about a size 11? Who is this man who puts his feet up at work?

We're on a roll! Two identifications down, three to go. Give this one a try.

Can you help us identify the person in this photograph?  It contains at least two clues.  The one legible book title in the stack behind him is The Analysis of Linear Circuits by Charles M. Close.  This may indicate he was a member of the electrical engineering faculty.  The second clue is his hair style, which looks mid-1970s to mid-1980s.

I'm guessing from the plaid pants that this pic goes back to the '70s or '80s. Do you know who it is?

I need your help! I hope to put away some unidentified images this week. I'll post a new image every day for five days. Please make a comment if you can identify the individuals in the photos. We've identified twenty-two mystery images on the blog so far!