State College, Ames, Iowa, 1913 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of State College, Ames, Iowa, 1913. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: [Birdseye view of campus and buildings of Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa]
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State College, Ames, Iowa, 1913
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In 1913 Ames, Iowa, was a railroad town of several thousand people, and the state agricultural and mechanical college sat at its center. The Chicago and Northwestern line ran through town, and the college's engineering and science programs drew growing numbers of students as Iowa's farm prosperity lifted family budgets. Experiment work on crops and livestock expanded alongside the classrooms, and the faculty's research gave the school a standing across the state. Local residents knew Ames for its campus, which shaped jobs, boarding houses and shops in the business district. The photograph shows that campus at a time when its growth seemed steady and when neighbors regarded it as the town's most valuable asset.
| Created / published | 1913 |
|---|---|
| Creator | colburn, f. e., iowa state college. photo section |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Iowa |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,146 × 1,067 px · prints to 17 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | [Birdseye view of campus and buildings of Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa] |
| Reference | IA State College, Ames, 1913 |
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