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Title: Amana heim, Amana, Iowa, Greetings from Amana, Iowa
Description: The Amana Heim constructed of brick from native clay, timbers, hewed from Amana forests mortised and tended without nails. The sitting room with its wild rose stove (Kachelofen) the kitchen with the ever present rocking chair, hand mill and hanging oil lamp, and the children's room with its century old toys.--t.p. verso. The Amana Colony is seven villages on 26,000 acres located in Iowa County. Number 8384B. Series A21.
Date Created: 1970
PID: grinnell:13952

Title: Salisbury House, Home of the Iowa State Education Association
Description: Looking north at the Tudor-style manor designed by architects Boyd and Moore of Des Moines and William Whitney Rasmussen of New York and completed in 1928 at a cost of $1.5 million. On verso: "Patterned after King's House, Salisbury, England, this 42-room manor house was built by Carl Weeks, widely-known cosmetic manufacturer. The Weeks' collections of art and other cultural items from around the world was retained by the Iowa State Education Association (ISEA) when it purchased the house as its headquarters in 1954." The building is located at 4025 Tonawanda Drive, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 163.534.
Date Created: 1970
PID: grinnell:14691

Title: Wallace & Wilson Residence Halls & the Wallace-Wilson Commons, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest at the Towers Residence Association. The Wallace Residence Hall was completed in 1967 & was named in honor of Henry A. Wallace, a 1910 graduate of Iowa State. The Wilson Residence Hall was completed in 1969 & was named in honor of James "Tama Jim" Wilson, dean of agriculture, 1890 to 1897. The Wallace-Wilson Commons was completed in 1969. Number 71922.
Date Created: 1970
PID: grinnell:14449