The switches are all flea market finds, chunky beasts that have all seen better days. But old parts were built to last, and they proved sturdy enough to withstand the first step in any restoration ...

During a renovation project in Old Main around 1969, workers told a student he could take anything he wanted since all the scrap would end up in the dumpster. So, not surprisingly, the student chose ...

Before we could turn on our overhead lights with the simple flick of a switch, we had push buttons. In 1884, electrical engineer John Henry Holmes created the push button light as an easy way for ...