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); 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.
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; Morrill Hall (Ames, Iowa); Corn
A field of corn and another crop surround the Marston Water Tower. Immediately behind the Water Tower is the Engineering Annex. A dirt road runs along the fields. In the distance is Morrill Hall and other buildings.
Marston Water Tower (Ames, IA); Iowa State University
The Marston Water Tower from an elevated view. The Water Tower is surrounded by cultivated fields and dirt roads. Two people are walking on one of the roads, Other buildings and trees are in the distance.
Iowa State University; Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station
A researcher places test tubes filled with samples into an open piece of laboratory equipment. A similar, but closed piece of equipment is also sitting on the table.
Elwood, P. H. (Philip Homer), b. 1884 ; Harvard University -- Student housing ; Constitution (Frigate) ; Cleveland Museum of Art ; Gardens -- Delaware -- Wilmington ; Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia ; Parkways -- Pennsylvania --...
Iowa State College landscape architecture professor Philip Elwood takes students on a tour of the southern and eastern United States in 1931. Places visited on the trip include - "Longwood", DuPont gardens near Wilmington, Del. ; R. T. Stotesbury...
