Curtiss-Wright Engineering Cadettes, 1941-1945; Department of Military Science; Iowa State University; Women in Science and Engineering; World War II
Three cadettes are listening to instructions from their Professor Benjamin Willis in the Electrical Engineering Power Laboratory. One cadette is focused on a piece of equipment while another is taking notes. The third cadette looks on from the...
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...
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. The women's military corps is in front of the corps, in addition to a band and a drum major. Military training...
An aerial view of the rear side of Old Main. A flag flies from the north tower of the building. The Hub and railroad tracks are depicted to the left of Old Main. Further to the left of the image can be seen the rear of Morrill Hall.
The south side of Old Main after a winter snow. A large number of trees and shrubs stand between the photographer and Old Main, partially blocking the view of the building.
An aerial view of Old Main and Morrill Hall from central campus. The Hub and other campus buildings can be seen between and behind the two main college buildings.
This 1957 aerial view of the Memorial Union from the front (north) and west shows the northwest addition and west terrace, the Gold Star Hall entrance, the multiple stories and roof levels, and the fountain in front of the building. Tables and...
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 southwest (back) corner of Memorial Union is taken from street level and shows part of the south wing. Prominent are a stone retaining wall, the walls of the lower terrace and the west corner of the south wing. The back...
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 1958 photograph is of the loading dock behind the bookstore in the Memorial Union. A man with a hand truck is loading two boxes from a stack of freight at the far end of the dock. An open door to the Union building is behind him. Exposed roof...
This distance image shows the Memorial Union through trees and shrubbery in the foreground. The side (west) and Gold Star Hall entrances are visible through the trees, and the roofline and one chimney are prominent against the sky. A paved road and...
This image focuses on one corner, the southwest, of the Memorial Union with Lake LaVerne down an embankment and in the foreground. Trees and shrubbery partially hide the building, but the photograph is composed to emphasize the roof levels,...
The front entrance of the Memorial Union into Gold Star Hall and focuses on the entryway. There are four people standing on the front steps, in front of the large bronze doors. A boardwalk runs along the front of the building, and makes a wider...
This 1937 photograph shows the front (north) of the Memorial Union, viewed from across the fountain. The fountain has several water jets going upward. A group of several people is standing on the steps in front of the entrance to Gold Star Hall....
This 1941 photograph shows a close view of the Four Seasons Fountain in the front (north) of the Memorial Union. The Four Seasons Fountain, which includes four Native American female figures, each representing one of the four seasons, is by...
This 1941 photograph is of the west side of the Memorial Union, seen from across Lake LaVerne. Several cars are parked and people are walking along a road between the lake and the Union. Plantings partially obscure the lower story of the Union, but...
This 1944 photograph of the Memorial Union's west side shows mainly the roof lines, chimneys, pediments, a balcony around a window above the entrance, and the windows on the upper floors. Lake LaVerne is in the foreground, and plantings and trees...
