This 1958 photograph is of the Sun Room addition to the Memorial Union from street level. The front of one car and the back of another parked on the street are in the foreground. A stone retaining wall, the terrace wall, the walls of the Sun Room...
This 1957 photograph taken from the terrace is of the beginning excavations for what will be the bookstore and Sun Room in the Memorial Union. A workman in a skid shovel with the shovel full of dirt and raised high waits and looks towards a dump...
This 1957 photograph is of the beginning excavations for what will be the bookstore and Sun Room in the Memorial Union. A workman in a skid shovel with the shovel full of dirt and raised high waits and looks towards a dump truck that is emptying...
This 1954 photograph of the front (north) and (west) side of the Memorial Union has several people walking on the curved sidewalk towards Gold Star Hall, and towards the west terrace. The west side of the building is in bright sunlight and the...
This 1955 photograph is of the outside entrance to Gold Star Hall in the front (north) of the Memorial Union. Decorative details of the entrance include the four attached columns with Doric-style capitals, decorative carvings incorporating...
This 1954 photograph of the front (north) and (west) side of the Memorial Union has several people walking on the curved sidewalk towards Gold Star Hall and on the west terrace. The west side of the building is in bright sunlight and the front...
Iowa State University; University Library; Periodical Room
Students are studying in the Main Reading Room (currently called the Periodical Room) in the library. Two library staff members are working at the desk.
Iowa State University; University Library; Periodical Room
Students are studying in the south end of the Main Reading Room (currently called the Periodical Room) in the library. Some of the women have hats and coats on. Two library staff members are working at the desk.
Iowa State University; University Library; Periodical Room
Students are studying at tables in the large Main Reading Room (currently called the Periodical Room) in the library. Two library staff members are working at the desk.
The front side of Iowa State's Old Main, with a large juniper tree blocking part of the view of the building. The Hub building can be seen to the extreme right of the image.
Military Training; Old Main; Iowa State University;
the front side of Old Main, with the college military cadet corps arranged in a review formation on the lawn in front of the building. An officer on a horse is at the foot of the Old Main steps. Military training was compulsory for male Iowa State...
