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Central Hall, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa

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Looking south at the Central Building. It was built in 1906 costing just over $400,000. In 1938, it was renamed Beardshear Hall after William M. Beardshear who was president of the college from 1891 to 1902. Located at 515 Morrill Road, Ames, Story County, Iowa. 1923 postmark. Number 588.
Title Central Hall, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa
Alternative TitleCentral Building
Alternative TitleBeardshear Hall
Alternative TitleIowa State University
Index Date 1923
Date Captured 4/6/06
Publisher Co-Mo Photo Company (Mason City, Iowa)
Publisher EKC
Type of Resource still image
Genre postcard
Physical Extent 1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium Real photo, divided back.
Digital Origin digitized other analog
Digital Extent 1 file
Media Type image/jpeg
Date Issued 1923?
Provenance Purchase or donation
reproduction Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
citation/reference From Prairie Sod to Campus Cornerstones: Building Our Campus History, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/exhibits/buildings/beardshear.html)
Language English
Topic Story County (Iowa)
Topic Ames (Iowa)
Topic Universities & colleges
Topic Educational facilities
Topic Lecture halls
Topic Iowa State College (Iowa)
Topic Iowa State University (Iowa)
Cartographic 42.026173, -93.648427
Classification MS 108, Box 1, ihpc_ames0007
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_ames0007
Identifier (local) grinnell:13347
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/11084/13347
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