Montgomery North
MONTGOMERY NORTH ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION LATE 1800s & EARLY 1900s RECONSTRUCTED IN 1973
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Birthplace of Alexander Graham Bell
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL Inventor of the Telephone Was born here 3rd March 1847 Submitted by @slashdotat
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Library Boy and Girl
Artist: Christian Petersen (Danish-American, 1885-1961) Title: Library Boy and Girl 2008 casts from 1944 plaster maquettes Media: Bronze Petersen's Library Boy and Girl depict two students...
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First Statistical Laboratory in the US
Iowa State University First Statistical Laboratory Established in 1933, the Statistical Laboratory at Iowa State was the first research and consulting institute of its kind in the country. ...
Iowa State University and the Manhattan Project
"A STRIKING ACHIEVEMENT AMONG THE MANY ASSOCIATED WITH THE WARTIME ATOMIC ENERGY PROJECT IN THE UNITED STATES WAS THE PRODUCTION OF MANY TONS OF PURE URANIUM BY A GROUP CONSISTING OF FACULTY...
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Lake Laverne
THIS LAKE WAS A GIFT IN 1916 TO IOWA STATE COLLEGE FROM DR. LAVERNE W. NOYES ALUMNUS 1872 MANUFACTURER AND PHILANTROPIST Submitted by Bryan Arnold @nanowhiskers
Largest Student-Run Festival
Iowa State University Largest Student-Organized Festival Veishea, founded in 1922, is the nation's largest student-run celebration. The name is an acronym for the colleges at Iowa State...
Fountain of the Four Seasons
University Museums gratefully acknowledges the major donors who funded the 1998 conservation of FOUNTAIN OF THE FOUR SEASONS by Christian Petersen Estate of Edith and Tersten Lagerstron...
Iowa State Fair - Agriculture Building
AGRICULTURE BUILDING Constructed in 1904, the Agriculture Building is one of the best remaining examples of exposition-style architecture in the world. Two Jeffersonian domed rotundas mark...
Amana General Store
Amana General Store The Amana Society opened a general store on this site in 1856, only a year after their arrival in Iowa. In 1958 the original store was replaced by this structure,...
Kissing Under the Campanile
Iowa State University Campaniling This beloved campanile was built in 1898 and is home to the Stanton Memorial Carillon. The carillon bells ring daily and tradition states that a...
Atanasoff-Berry Computer
Vacuum Tubes from the Atanasoff-Berry Computer The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) was the first computer to utilize electronics in carrying out computer operations and digital...
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Plaque at entrance to Horizon Village Resort, Chiang Mai
Plaque posted on roundabout at entrance to Horizon Village/Tweechol Botanic Garden.TRANSCRIPTION: May all readers be blessed with perseverancesharp wisdom and complete physical health
Lorin Theater
CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1982 Lorin Theater (Phillips Temple C.M.E. Church) Hiram Lovell, Architect, 1920, 1914 James W. Plachek, Architect, 1921 The popularity of early movies...
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Stanley Coulter Hall
PRESENTED BY HIS FRIENDS ON THE EIGHTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH JUNE SECOND, 1933 - TO STANLEY COULTER DISTINGUISHED BIOLOGIST, COUNSELOR, TEACHER, HUMANIST AND CONSERVATOR Submitted by:...
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