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1896 illustrated view. Proudfit with its original dome, Ranken house, Walker Laboratory, Main Building, Gymnasium.

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Main Building in center and Proudfit in background behind the steeple, 1900. Troy University building dominates the skyline.

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Winslow, Proudfit, Walker and Carnegie in 1907.

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Pittsburgh, Walker and Carnegie in 1914.

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'87 Gymnasium on the left. White dorms, Hunt dorms and the Dining Hall are completed in this 1916 photo.

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View from downtown Troy circa 1907. Winslow and the Approach in the middle, Proudfit, Walker and Carnegie in the background.

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Aerial photo circa 1940 shows the completed Ricketts campus.

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Aerial photo circa 1949. The former Snack Bar, Lounge and Observatory are on the left.

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The Science Center , Materials Research Center and the newly completed Union appear in this view.

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Cogswell Lab and the Communications Center appear in this aerial shot.

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By 1978, the Folsom Library and Jonsson Engineering Center are complete.

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This view shows the Center for Industrial Innovation under construction. Also notice the renovated RPI Playhouse on the left.

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