Story County (Iowa); History; Biography; Iowa Agricultural College
Biographical and historical memoirs of Story County, Iowa. Comprising a condensed history of the state, a number of biographies of distinguished citizens of the same, a descriptive history of the county named herein, and numerous selected...
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...
Exploration; Travel; Central America; Panama; Darien
Box 1: folder 7, Source Material Relating to Richard A. Tewkesbury’s trips to the Darien in 1939 and 1940. Contains Tewkesbury’s unpublished writings which consist of his day by day notes of his trek through the Darien from July 6 to August...
World War I, 1914-1918; Military Training; Iowa State University;
""Sergeant Purdy's section of the 39th military training detachment"" posed for a formal portrait in front of a military transport truck. Twenty- two men in two rows, the front row kneeling, are posed for this photograph.
Farm Equipment; Agriculture; Iowa State University;
A front view of an Oliver tractor with a mounted cultivator stradling two rows of corn. The driver, wearing a pith helmet, is closely watching the front wheels of the tractor.
Ten alumni are arranged in two rows for this formal portrait. The front row is seated while six individuals stand behind them. Most are wearing paper name tags and a few have football shaped tags indicating membership on the football team.
World War I, 1914-1918; War Work; Iowa State University;
General Lincoln and the staff of the Student Army Training Corp. Taken on January 1, 1919, the photograph shows twenty uniformed men in three rows with the front row sitting in chairs, at the middle of which sits General Lincoln.
Farm Equipment; Agriculture; Iowa State University;
Image of a Caterpillar Fifteen in second speed listing and planting three rows of corn with a Rock Island Three-Row Lister, Milan, Ill. The photograph was taken in July 1930.
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Three coats; left mid-calf length, two buttons, patch pockets with buttons, buttoned belt, wide lapels with buttons on shoulders; center knee-length with two buttons, belt, slit pockets with decorative flap, two buttons on wide cuffs, decorative...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Two day dresses with bustles and overskirts, ruffled hems with one or three rows of ruffles, sashes at waist, coat sleeves, bodices have v-shaped detailing, hats sit on top of heads with wide ruffled ties. (published by The Englishwoman's Domestic...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Five day dresses with bustle skirts with multiple rows of ruffle at hem and flounced overskirts, fitted bodices with coat or pagoda sleeves, fitted overcoats with fur trim, high necklines. Small hats sit on top of head, trimmed with feathers and...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Two day dresses, cone shaped skirts with ruffled trim, one skirt has two rows lace and ruffle trim, waistband sashes with small bows at hip, both bodices have wide ruffled yokes over shoulders, modified leg-of-mutton sleeves, high collars with...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Day dresses or apparel for three different age groups. The mother's dress shows a double breasted, fitted jacket-bodice with 3/4 length sleeves over a white blouse with long sleeves, a full skirt with stripes down center front and around the...
Iowa State University; Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station; Apples; Pears
Rows of seedlings on an Experiment Station plot are identified by a sign in the foreground that says: Crossed seedlings, hand pollinated apple and pear, seedlings of hardy varieties.
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Fashions for August, showing Home Costumes. The dress on the left has a chemisette insert with a jewel neckline edged with ribbon, short sleeves, a full skirt with an attached apron edged with 2 rows of ruffles or puffed fabric, net mitts, and a...
