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A Pictorial Rendu of Michigan State PosterDescription
A poster designed by Carl D. Johnson, produced by Design Associates of East Lansing, Michigan, and printed by R.R. Donnelly of Chicago, 1955. Distributed by and stamped on the back by the Campus Book Store in East Lansing.
Carl D. Johnson was an alumnus of Michigan State and a renowned landscape architect.
The poster depicts the campus of Michigan State University in 1955. It features vignettes of the Women's Dormitories, Kellogg Center, Beaumont Tower, Auditorium, Library, and Men's Dormitories. It is also a map of campus show all buildings, roads, and the River as they existed in 1955.
The quote around the edge comes from the 1862 Morrill Land Grant Act and reads: "The leading object shall be , without excluding other scientific & classical studies & including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture & the mechanical arts in order to promote the liberal $ practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits & professions in life. It is for us the living... to be dedicated here to the unfinished work."
