The electric trolley replaced the "Dinkey" in 1907. The "Dinkey" was a railroad steam line that connected the campus to the town. 1908 postmark. Number 63.
Title
View of campus, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa
Alternative Title
Iowa State University
Index Date
1908
Date Captured
3/7/06
Publisher
Drexo Post Card Co. (Omaha, Neb.)
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
1908?
Provenance
Purchase or donation
reproduction
Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
Language
English
Topic
Story County (Iowa)
Topic
Ames (Iowa)
Topic
Universities & colleges
Topic
Railroads
Topic
Street railroads
Topic
Iowa State College (Iowa)
Topic
Iowa State University (Iowa)
Cartographic
42.026169, -93.645993
Classification
MS 108, Box 1, ihpc_ames0026
Related Item
Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item
Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item
Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local)
ihpc_ames0026
Identifier (local)
grinnell:13768
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.
