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Title: Alumni Hall, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, Christian Association Hall, YMCA Building, Iowa State University
Description: Looking south at Alumni Hall located at 2433 Union Drive, Ames, Story County, Iowa. The Colonial Revival building was constructed in 1904-1907 through the combined efforts of the College, the YMCA, and the Alumni Association. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 8319-N.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:13348

Title: Arlington public school house, Arlington, Iowa, Arlington public schoolhouse
Description: Two story brick building with bell tower.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13925

Title: Aurelia High School building, Aurelia, Iowa
Description: Two story wooden high school building built in 1883 and torn down in 1922. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:14468

Title: Campanile, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa
Description: Construction of the Campanile was completed in 1898 in memoriam of Margaret MacDonald Stanton, first dean of women, and the first bells were placed in the Campanile in 1899. Later in 1920, when Mrs. Stanton's husband, Edgar W. Stanton, 4-time acting president of Iowa State University, died, the university installed a musical instrument in the structure known as the Edgar W. and Margaret MacDonald Stanton Memorial Carillon.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14450

Title: Cooper School, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking north at the front of Cooper School which was built in 1889 and named in honor of Colonel S.F. Cooper, one of the first teachers in Grinnell who was also a Commandant of the Grinnell Troops in the Civil War. The building was closed in 1974 and sold to Grinnell College. The building was was razed in 1983. 1915 postmark.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:14509

Title: Fountain and the Campanile, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, Iowa State University, Fountain of the Four Seasons
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1949
PID: grinnell:13471

Title: Fresh-soph tug of war, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, Freshman-sophomore tug of war, Iowa State University
Description: A college-sponsored freshman-sophomore tug of war tournament held in 1908 on campus in a trench dug near the athletic field. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:13491

Title: Grade School, Bedford, Iowa
Description: This large brick and stone building was erected in 1877 at a cost of about $20,000.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14208

Title: High School, Aurelia, Iowa
Description: A-U-R-E-L-I-A, That's the way to spell it, Aurelia Aurelia, That's the way to yell it.--t.p. verso. A.H.S. at top left and inlay photo of two-story wooden high school which was built in 1883 torn down in 1922. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14467

Title: High school building, Avoca, Iowa
Description: Two story brick & stone high school building with bell tower. A combination gymnasium and auditorium, a library, a large study room, and five additional classrooms totalling $69,000 were added in 1926.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14225