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Pentacrest engraving, The University of Iowa, 1860s

Pentacrest engraving, The University of Iowa, ca. 1880

Ink engraving. Medical Building on left, Old South Hall, Old Capitol, and Old North Hall.

Pentacrest engraving, The University of Iowa, ca. 1863

Medical Building and Old South Hall, The University of Iowa, between 1882 and 1901

View looking southwest. Alva was the son of Timothy W. Townsend, who operated a photograph gallery in Iowa City 1866-1880, and again beginning in 1890. Alva worked in his father's studio beginning at age 17, around 1890. This information is from…

Pentacrest, The University of Iowa, 1880

Lower left corner reads, "Courtesy of Alva C. Townsend", the son of Timothy W. Townsend. The senior Townsend operated a photograph gallery in Iowa City 1866-1880, and again beginning in 1890. Alva worked in his father's studio beginning at age 17,…

Pentacrest, The University of Iowa, 1880

Alva was the son of Timothy W. Townsend, who operated a photograph gallery in Iowa City 1866-1880, and again beginning in 1890. Alva worked in his father's studio beginning at age 17, around 1890. This information is from Annals of Iowa, and the New…

Medical Building and Old South Hall, The University of Iowa, between 1882 and 1901.

View looking southwest. Alva was the son of Timothy W. Townsend, who operated a photograph gallery in Iowa City 1866-1880, and again beginning in 1890. Alva worked in his father's studio beginning at age 17, around 1890. This information is from…

Old South Hall after a hail storm, The University of Iowa, late 1890s or early 1900s

Medical campus, The University of Iowa, 1890s

From "A history of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the University of Iowa, 1848-1980" by William Charles Keettel.

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