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.
Marston Water Tower (Ames, IA); Iowa State University; Old Main (Ames, Iowa)
The Marston Water Tower in the early phases of construction. Old Main and a variety of other buildings appear in the background. Workmen stand around the site and there appears to be snow on the ground.
Marston Water Tower (Ames, IA); Iowa State University; Old Main (Ames, Iowa); Morrill Hall (Ames, Iowa)
The Marston Water Tower in a later phase of construction. Workmen are using a crane to construct the upper part of the Tower. Old Main and Morrill Hall are in the background.
Military Training; Old Main; Iowa State University;
Old Main and the Hub building. A women's military corps (training occurred between 1878 and 1897) stands at attention in the foreground for the photograph. In the background, people are standing in front of the steps to Old Main and on the front...
Military Training; Old Main; Iowa State University;
Old Main as the setting for a military corps review. Men's and women's corps are at attention. Military service for male students was mandatory between 1868 through 1962. For women, training was offered from 1878 through 1897. Three cannon are in...
This closely cropped blue toned photograph depicts the Campanile in late fall or winter. The oval photograph is mounted on a formal presentation card embossed with ""Lunde, Ames, Iowa.""
A shepherd with a sheep dog and a small flock of sheep on central campus with the Campanile in the background. An unpaved campus road way is in the image foreground. An ""ISC"" (standing for Iowa State College, now University) photographer's...
Campanile; Beardshear Hall; Iowa State University;
The Campanile in March 1906. Beardshear Hall is in the background on the image left behind a line of conifers. The same line of conifers obscures the view of the bottom of the Campanile. A path crosses the foreground from edge to edge of the image.
The Campanile in the summer of 1906. The photograph is close up, showing only the tower, a piece of lawn, and background trees. Everything is in deep shadow.
The Campanile on the edge of the great central lawn, with trees behind it and surrounding central campus. A road cuts diagonally across the foreground and then angles back toward the Campanile in the distance. Trees in the middle distance on the...
A flock of sheep on the central campus lawn near the Campanile, which is in the background of the image. A shepherd and his dog are standing with the sheep on the near side of an unpaved road which cuts cross the central campus. The insignia of a...
The Campanile in the summer of 1906. A small number of men are on the lawn in front of the Campanile, one of which appears to be throwing a ball. A bicycle is leaning against a tree on the left of the image.
