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Home Economics Hall, Iowa State Agricultural College, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

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Looking northwest at MacKay Hall. The original building was completed in 1911 and in 1926 a new addition including an east wing identical to the original building and a new central section, shown here, were opened. In 1957 the building was named MacKay Hall in honor of the long-time dean of Family and Consumer Sciences, Catherine J. MacKay. 1954 postmark. Number P2770. Located at 2302 Osborn Drive, Ames, Story County, Iowa.
Title Home Economics Hall, Iowa State Agricultural College, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Alternative TitleMacKay Hall
Alternative TitleHome Economics Building
Alternative TitleDomestic Technology Building
Index Date 1954
Date Captured 3/7/06
Publisher Dexter Press, Inc (West Nyack, N.Y.)
Type of Resource still image
Genre postcard
Physical Extent 1 postcard : color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium Plastichrome by Colourpicture print, divided back.
Digital Origin digitized other analog
Digital Extent 1 file
Media Type image/jpeg
Date Issued 1954?
Provenance Purchase or donation
reproduction Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
citation/reference NRHP (http://www.nps.gov/nr/research/index.htm)
Language English
Topic Story County (Iowa)
Topic Ames (Iowa)
Topic Universities & colleges
Topic Educational facilities
Topic Lecture halls
Topic Iowa State University (Iowa)
Cartographic 42.028568, -93.646531
Classification MS 108, Box 1, ihpc_ames0016
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_ames0016
Identifier (local) grinnell:13340
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Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/13340
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