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Science Lab

Students in the third floor science lab located in Penn Hall.

Science Lab

Pat VanArkel in science lab located in Penn Hall

Science has done something for everything except politics. (Captions): It has taken us from the ox cart to the airplane while we've been watching; you can dance any night in Santa Fe to an orchestra playing on Broadway; it has taken the man with the hoe and put him aboard the tractor; and it's high time we applied some of its efficiency to government.

Science Hall, The University of Iowa, between 1891 and 1894

Old North Hall on left, Calvin Hall (then called Science Hall) at center. The University's third observatory, constructed in 1891, is barely visible between these buildings, behind the trees.

Science Hall on Pentacrest, The University of Iowa, between 1894 and 1900

View looking southwest. Jefferson Street angles to the right. Old Dental Building is visible on right, and Old Capitol on the left (behind trees), with Calvin Hall (then called Science Hall) at center.