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Fountain and the Campanile, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa

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Looking north at the Fountain of the Four Seasons which was built in 1941. Created by Christian Petersen, four American Indian women sit around the fountain respresenting an ancient Osage prayer or chant of thanksgiving. Located at 2167 Union Drive, Ames, Story County, Iowa. 1949 postmark.
Title Fountain and the Campanile, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa
Alternative TitleIowa State University
Alternative TitleFountain of the Four Seasons
Index Date 1949
Date Captured 9/6/07
Publisher Hamilton Photo Co. (Ames, Iowa)
Type of Resource still image
Genre postcard
Physical Extent 1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium Real photo, divided back.
Date Issued 1949?
Provenance Purchase or donation
reproduction Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
citation/reference "History of Iowa State Campus Buildings," Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa (http://www.iastate.edu/~isu150/history/campus.html)
Language English
Topic Story County (Iowa)
Topic Ames (Iowa)
Topic Universities & colleges
Topic Educational facilities
Topic Fountains
Topic Iowa State College (Iowa)
Topic Iowa State University (Iowa)
Cartographic 42.024601, -93.649684
Classification MS 108, Box 1, ihpc_ames0012
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_ames0012
Identifier (local) grinnell:13471
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Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/13471
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