Chemistry; Laboratory; Equipment; Iowa State University;
A female student in a white lab coat using a Worburg apparatus. The Worburg apparatus was widely used in biochemical and biological research for measuring rates of reaction in which gases are involved. The student is noting readings in a lab record...
A view of the Water Tower construction site on March 18, 1897. Five of the construction crew members are sitting or standing on top of the first tier of support girders. Old Main and Chemistry Hall are among the buildings in the background.
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Walking Outfit with layers of lace on the shoulder overcoat with a view of petticoats underneath. A full bonnet with feathers and trimmed in lace and ribbon (Costume Parisien).
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Walking and Evening Dress for January 1818, illustrating a high waist, growing design emphasis on the skirt and hem, and capes and wraps (published by Dean and Munday, Threadneedle Street (London))
One page from the one millionth volume added to the Iowa State University Library collection is shown in this close-up. The page reads Vita di Lionardo da Vinci descritta daRafaelle du Fresne.
""Dance for Those Who Can't"" on this Homecoming lawn display refers to the Muscular Dystrophy Dance Marathon that occurs close to Veishea. With a model of the campanile in the background, two dolls are shown dancing as well as two football...
Three Christian Petersen sculptures and two display cases of materials are featured in the University Archives Christian Petersen exhibit held in 1972.
Iowa State University; Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station
Two snowy fields are separated by a barbed wire fence. A farm house, barn and other buildings are nestled near some tree and snow covered hills in the distance.
Iowa State University; Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station; Swine
Two researchers in white lab coats examine an object in a laboratory that also contains a scale, a jar full of stoppered and labeled vials, and a wood and glass piece of equipment. In the inset photo, a man kneels while one baby pig comes to see...
Two pages from Instituzioni Analitiche shown in this close-up view. The two volume Instituzoni Analitche was the two millionth volume added to the Iowa State University Library collection.
Farm Equipment; Agriculture; Iowa State University;
A rubber tired tractor with an attached field cultivator preparing a seedbed for corn. The tractor is stationary without a driver. It is viewed at middle distance from the rear, in the middle of a large field, untilled except for where this...
Farm Equipment; Agriculture; Iowa State University;
A closeup view of a tractor mounted cultivator with a pair of disk hillers and two pairs of sweeps per row for final corn cultivation. The tractor has steel wheels. The corn being cultivated is approximately three feet high.
