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Central Building, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa

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Looking northwest at the Central Building. It was built in 1908 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. 1911 postmark. Number 5342. Located at 515 Morrill Road, Ames, Story County, Iowa.
Title Central Building, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa
Alternative TitleBeardshear Hall
Alternative TitleIowa State University
Index Date 1911
Date Captured 3/7/06
Publisher E.C. Kropp Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Type of Resource still image
Genre postcard
Physical Extent 1 postcard : color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium Color lithograph print, divided back.
Date Issued 1911?
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 Iowa State College (Iowa)
Topic Iowa State University (Iowa)
Cartographic 42.026173, -93.648427
Classification MS 108, Box 1, ihpc_ames0006
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_ames0006
Identifier (local) grinnell:13492
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/11084/13492
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