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Memorial Union, 1957 Item Info
- Title:
- Memorial Union, 1957
- Creator (Organization):
- Iowa State University
- Date Created:
- 1957
- Description:
- This 1957 photograph taken from the terrace 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 load just beyond some trees. The earth around the skid shovel is stripped bare and gouged, tangled with tree roots and shows tire tracks under the raised shovel. The wall of the terrace is in the foreground. A white construction cabin with a table and various wood and sawhorses around it is beyond the back (south) corner of the Union.
- Subject (Organization):
- Iowa State University Memorial Union (Ames, Iowa)
- Location:
- Iowa--Story County Iowa
- Language:
- zxx
- Source:
- Iowa State University. Facilities Planning and Management records, 1859-2015
- Call Number:
- RS 4/8
- Finding Aid Permalink:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9cx82
- Contributing Institution:
- Iowa State University. Special Collections and University Archives
- Publisher:
- Iowa State University. Library
- Extent:
- 12.1 x 9.8 cm
- Genre:
- photographs
- Type:
- Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Digital Collection Title:
- Iowa State University photographs
- Digital Collection Permalink:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9610vr73
- Identifier:
- universityphotographs102
- Filename:
- 4-8-i_mu_269-9-2.jpg
- Item Permalink:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w92v2c94t
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Memorial Union, 1957", Iowa State University Photographs, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
- Reference Link:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w92v2c94t
Rights
- Rights:
- This item is protected by copyright and related rights. You are free to use this item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses, please obtain permission from Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives.