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Dedication of Broughton Engineering Laboratories on the campus of North Carolina State College

Broughton Hall, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Title:
Dedication of Broughton Engineering Laboratories on the campus of North Carolina State College
Description:
Principal speakers in yesterday's dedication of Broughton Engineering Laboratories on the campus of North Carolina State College were (left to right) Dr. J. H. Lampe, Dean of Engineering; J. M. Broughton, Jr.; the Reverend J. W. Page; C. A. Dillon; Dr. C. H. Bostian, chancellor of State College; Professor K. P. Hanson, head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering; and Congressman Harould Cooley. The $800,000 building which houses the Department of Mechanical Engineering, was named for the late J. Melville Broughton, governor of North Carolina and U.S. Senator.
Topics:
Campus and Town
Subjects:
Dedications
Politicians
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Extent:
8 x 10 inches
Item identifier:
0001800
Photographer:
Mattox, John more info on Mattox, John 
Contributor:
North Carolina State College. Office of Information Services more info on North Carolina State College. Office of Information Services 
Created Date:
Genre:
Group portraits
Names:
Cooley, Harold Dunbar, b. 1897 more info on Cooley, Harold Dunbar, b. 1897 
North Carolina State College more info on North Carolina State College 
Location:
Raleigh (N.C.)
Digital Project:
University Archives Photographs

Building: North Carolina State University, Joseph Melville Broughton Hall -- Diesel Building (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)

Location:
Raleigh (N.C.)
Subjects:
College buildings
Latitude, Longitude:
35.7855, -78.670097