In 1914, Warren H. Manning began work on the National Plan which culminated in a "National Plan study brief," printed in Landscape Architecture, July 1923. The full report was never published but provides interesting viewpoints on how state...
A bird's eye view of the second floor balcony shows the doors to the rotunda in the original building and an interior view of the glass wall of the third edition.
Iowa State University; Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Dept.; Surveying; Surveyor's transit
A class in Farm Engineering are posed outside of a university building. The group is carrying various pieces of surveying equipment such as transits and survey poles.
Iowa State University; Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Starch
A graduate student is operating the Potentiometer Facility in the testing of the thermal conductivity of starch as Dr. Tsao and another student look on.
A large group of passengers are boarding the Ames & College Railway (The Dinkey) at the Station. The cars are full to overflowing with some passengers riding in the open spaces between the cars and at the end of the train.
Iowa State University; Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering.
A man is observing a beaker filled with liquid. The beaker is sitting on top of a square control unit. Other tubing and laboratory glassware are connected to the beaker.
Iowa State University; Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station; Corn
A monoplane, flying low over a field of corn, is spreading powered pesticide. The plane's wheels are almost touching the tops of the plants. A row of trees is in the background.
Iowa State University; Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station; Farm buildings
A one-story frame building is shown that is used by the Agriculture Experiment Station. It has four small windows on the long side and two windows and a door on the short side, and light-colored siding. It has snow on the roof and is viewed...
Iowa State University; Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station
A one-story frame building is shown that is used by the Agriculture Experiment Station. It has four small windows on the long side and two windows and a door on the short side, and light-colored siding. Snow is melting on the ground around it.
A page of mathematical diagrams 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.
Iowa State University; Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station
A portion of a metal woven field fence separated two fields. It has wooden top rails and posts. A single strand of barbed wire runs along the top. The fence contains a wooden gate that is fastened with a chain
Iowa State University; Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station
A researcher adjusts dials on a laboratory apparatus that consists of various pieces of connected metal tubing. There is also a coil of wire immersed in a liquid filled beaker. A log book lies open on a stand to the right of the machinery.
