"Mrs. James McDonald and 11 month old Kirk sun themselves on an army poncho in front of their house. Betsey, a science student, met her husband while she was a WAVE. Her husband is a graduate student. Neighbors care for Kirk while his mother attends class." Children played a major role in daily life at Pammel Court, as birth rates rose significantly in the years after World War Two. Reflective of a national trend in rising births, the photograph of a woman with her young child outside of their Pammel Court residence illustrates the significance of the "Baby Boom" to Iowa State and the city of Ames.