The History of Dubuque County, Iowa, Containing a History of the County, its Cities, Towns, &
Biographical Sketches of Citizens, War Record of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and...
Welch, Mary B. (Mary Beaumont), 1840-1923 ; Travel ; Rome (Italy)
Continues from "An Afternoon in Italy" describing the family's time in Rome in 1892 including visits to the Basilica of St. John Lateran, Colosseum, soldiers marching by the Arch of Constantine, Porta del Popolo, various fountains and churches, and...
Passengers are crowded into two cars of the Ames & College Railway (The Dinkey). Some passengers are riding on the boarding spaces between cars and end of the train. Steam is bellowing from the locomotive's smoke stack.
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Heavily trimmed day dress with bustle, small train, long sleeves with ribbons on shoulders and high neckline, with fringed overskirt. One riding habit with a simpler skirt and smaller bustle, open front blazer-style jacket with loose sleeves,...
Elwood, P. H. (Philip Homer), b. 1884 ; Church of the Nativity (Bethlehem) ; Qubbat al-SÌ£akhrah (Mosque : Jerusalem) ; Pavilions -- Egypt ; Pyramids -- Egypt -- Description and travel ; Architecture, Islamic -- Egypt -- Cairo ; Weddings -- Egypt ;...
Iowa State College landscape architecture professor Philip H. Elwood took students on a tour in the summer of 1930. This video covers highlights of the Egypt and Palestine portions of that trip. In Cairo, they watched boats along the Nile in the...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
The Last and Newest Fashions, Fashionable Habits and Morning Dresses. The Riding Habits show a top hat decorated with flowing ribbons, a the Betsy collar (Elizabethan revival ruffle) tied with a bow, puffed leg-of-mutton sleeves with cuffed wrists,...
The Friley residence hall lawn display is being constructed. The display is a cut out figure of an Iowa State football player riding a tiger which represents the mascot of Kansas State University.
In this homecoming lawn display, Disney characters including Scrooge McDuck and Mickey Mouse ride with Cy in a jalopy heading for a signpost pointing to Victoryland, October 1961.
Iowa State University; Homecoming; Homecoming Queen
The Homecoming queen and her attendants are riding in the back seat of a convertible with the roof down. They are from left to right: Bonnie Helfrich, Doris Blair (queen) and Ann Bradley.
Farm Equipment; Agriculture; Iowa State University;
A horse-drawn cultivator. The three-mule team is being driven by one man in a hat riding on the driver's seat of the cultivator. The corn being cultivated is about 12 to 14 inches high. A vast expanse of corn yet to be cultivated can be seen behind...
At least three Jayhawks are hitched to a carriage on which an ISU football figure is riding. A sign in front of the Kappa Delta, Sigma Sigma Chapter's display reads, ""Whip 'em.""
Iowa State University; Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station
Four workers are harvesting a field using a McCormick Deering harvester which is being pulled by a tractor. One worker is driving the tractor while another uses a pitchfork to direct material from the harvester. Two seated men are riding on the...
Barker, Celestia Lee, 1846- ; Barker, William B ; Cookery, American -- Midwestern style ; Farm life -- Iowa ; Home economics ; Religious education -- Iowa ; Rural families ; Women in agriculture ; Women teachers -- Iowa ; Iowa -- History -- Civil...
The majority of entries were written during the Civil War and describe Lee's work on the family farm, attending religious services, visiting family throughout central Iowa, social activities, and her beaux. She also describes her training to be a...
Bussey, Cyrus, 1833-1915 ; United States. Army. Iowa Cavalry Regiment, 3rd (1861-1865) ; Pea Ridge, Battle of, Ark., 1862 ; Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863 ; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
Cyrus Bussey details his exploits as an officer with the Iowa Cavalry. Bussey refers to himself in the third person in this laudatory discussion of his experiences in the Army, including his involvement in the Battles of Pea Ridge and Vicksburg, as...
