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...
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.
A large ISU mascot, Cy is standing next to a can labeled, ""Jellied Jay-birds Canned by ISU, Inc."" The upper portion of a Jayhawk, the Kansas University mascot, is in the can. A sign in front of the display reads, ""Lets can Kansas.""
Cy the ISU mascot is dressed as a doctor and Jayhawk mascot lies on doctor's table with a football lodged in its head. There is also an attached toe tag reading ""Kansas: Dead on Arrival"".