This 1954 photograph of the southwest (back) corner of Memorial Union is taken from street level and shows part of the south wing. Prominent are a stone retaining wall, the walls of the lower terrace and the west corner of the south wing. The back…
This 1957 photograph is of the beginning excavations for what will be the bookstore and Sun Room in the Memorial Union. A workman in a skid shovel with the shovel full of dirt and raised high waits and looks towards a dump truck that is emptying its…
This 1957 aerial view of the Memorial Union from the front (north) and west shows the northwest addition and west terrace, the Gold Star Hall entrance, the multiple stories and roof levels, and the fountain in front of the building. Tables and chairs…
This photo shows the front entryway to Curtiss Hall with its Ionic columns, stairs, and ornamental lamps. Three men and three women are ascending or descending the stairs; four men and one woman are either sitting by or leaning up against the…
Curtiss Hall and the front entryway with its stairs, Ionic columns, and ornamental lamps. A flag is flying above the building. Trees are on either side of the building, and a treeless lawn stretches out in front of it.
Botany students in a large laboratory room in Bessey Hall. They are shown examining microscope slides using either monocular or binocular microscopes. On the study tables are books, notebooks, and microscopy supplies, including kimwipes and dropper…
Students are shown examining microscope slides in a laboratory in Bessey Hall. Both monocular and binocular microscopes are in use. Behind the students are climate and light controlled chambers used for experimental purposes.
A view of the Water Tower construction site on March 18, 1897. Five of the construction crew members are sitting or standing on top of the first tier of support girders. Old Main and Chemistry Hall are among the buildings in the background.
This photograph illustrates the technique of mane braiding, also called plaiting. Shown is the head and neck of a white Percheron draft horse with ribbon and five alternating dark and light colored flowers braided into the mane along the horse's…
