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Pentacrest buildings and boardwalk, The University of Iowa, ca. 1869
Iron fence and boardwalk around Capitol Square, renamed Pentacrest in 1924.
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…
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,…
