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Women's swimming pool and gymnasium, Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, Iowa

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Looking northeast at the swimming pool and East Gymnasium. East Gymnasium was completed in 1905 at a cost of $100,000. The swimming pool addition was completed in 1938 at a cost of $109,000. It was claimed that this was the first college pool west of the Mississippi. The Gymnasium served the campus as the sole physical education building until the West Gymnasium opened in 1925. The gymnasium was later renovated in 2006 to house the Innovative Teaching and Technology Center. Number 0B-H1951.
Title Women's swimming pool and gymnasium, Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Alternative TitleState College of Iowa
Alternative TitleUniversity of Northern Iowa
Alternative TitleThe Gymnasium
Alternative TitleGymnasium 2
Alternative TitleEast Gymnasium
Alternative TitleInnovative Teaching and Technology Center
Index Date 1940
Publisher Waterloo News Agency (Waterloo, Iowa)
Publisher Curteich & Co., Inc. (Chicago, Ill.)
Type of Resource still image
Genre postcard
Physical Extent 1 postcard : color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium Linen C.T. Art-Colortone print, divided back.
Digital Origin digitized other analog
Digital Extent 1 file
Media Type image/jpeg
Provenance Purchase or donation
reproduction Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
citation/reference University of Northern Iowa, Rod Library, Special Collections & University Archives (https://library.uni.edu/collections/special-collections/)
Language English
Topic Black Hawk County (Iowa)
Topic Cedar Falls (Iowa)
Topic Universities & colleges
Topic Educational facilities
Topic Sports & recreation facilities
Topic Swimming pools
Topic Iowa State Teachers College
Topic University of Northern Iowa
Cartographic 42.515650, -92.459107
Classification MS 108, Box 1, ihpc_cedarg0017
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_cedarg0017
Identifier (local) grinnell:13278
Access Condition Grinnell College Libraries does not own the copyright in these images and therefore cannot give or deny permission to publish or distribute any of them. It is the researcher's responsibility to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or distributing material from this collection. Any materials used must carry a credit line: Historic Iowa Postcard Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Grinnell College Libraries.
Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/13278
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