Highland Park College was organized by a group of businessmen in 1889. The cornerstone was laid in the fall of 1889 and the college opened in September 1890. At the time this picture was taken, attendance at the college averaged about 2,000 students.…
Founded in 1865 in an abandoned Lutheran College building, Des Moines College opened as a Baptist institution. After some financial troubles, the school grew, and moved to this new campus in 1884. In 1920, it merged with Central College and Highland…
Various views of Drake University as it appeared in 1904. Prominent in many of the images is Old Main, built in 1883. The Medical Building was built in 1904. It was located downtown, on Center Street, on land that is now used by Hy-Vee Hall. Science…
Composite class photo board including faculty and students. Photos missing from composite: Guy Cameron Black, Theodore T. Roosevelt (1906), Cleveland L. Thomas (1906).
Composite class photo board including faculty and students. Photos missing from composite: Frank Wilkinson Farnsworth (1907), Frederick Augustus Neil (1907), Van Alex Porter (1907)
Composite class photo board including faculty and students. Photos missing from composite: Harold Charles Byers (1909?), Ernest Thomas Lake, Harold J. Nichols (1909), George Laurence Rice (1909)
Composite class photo board including faculty and students. These students missing from composite photo: William Albert Lewis, Leo Ross McGreevy (1908), Edward Zeithammel (1908)
Composite class photo board including faculty and students. These students missing from composite photo: Archibald Johnson, Thomas H. Kelley, Arthur R. Swisher.