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Iowa City Town and Campus Scenes

: Bur oak trees removed from Pentacrest for new buildings, The University of Iowa, 1897

: Centennial Bridge at Iowa Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa, between 1900 and 1904

: Clinton Street businesses, Iowa City, Iowa, circa 1890

: Clinton Street businesses, Iowa City, Iowa, circa 1890

: Couple crossing the Iowa River, Iowa City, Iowa, circa 1890s

: Hall of Zetagathian Literary Society, The University of Iowa, 1890

: Iowa-Kansas football game, The University of Iowa, October 26, 1896

: Iowa River, Iowa City, Iowa, circa 1890s

: Iowa River, Iowa City, Iowa, circa 1890s

: Iowa River view from Clinton Street, Iowa City, Iowa, 1890s

: Iowa River view from Clinton Street, Iowa City, Iowa, circa 1890s

: Man in canoe by Terrell's Dam, Iowa City, Iowa, circa 1890

: Man in canoe on Iowa River, Iowa City, Iowa, circa 1890s

: Old Capitol central walk, The University of Iowa, between 1886 and 1901

: Old Capitol in snow cover, The University of Iowa, 1892

: Old Capitol, The University of Iowa, 1890

: Pentacrest crowd, The University of Iowa, 1890s

: Pentacrest crowd, The University of Iowa, circa 1890

: Pentacrest crowd, The University of Iowa, circa 1905

: Pentacrest crowd, The University of Iowa, circa 1905

: Pentacrest event, The University of Iowa, circa 1905 [left side]

: Pentacrest event, The University of Iowa, circa 1905 [right side]

: Pentacrest pedestrians, The University of Iowa, 1890s

: Science Hall on Pentacrest, The University of Iowa, between 1894 and 1900

: Terrell's Dam, Iowa City, Iowa, circa 1890s

: Terrell's Dam, Iowa City, Iowa, circa 1890s

: Terrell's Dam, Iowa City, Iowa, circa 1900

: Terrell's Mill and boat landing, Iowa City, Iowa, circa 1890

: Terrell's Mill and dam, Iowa City, Iowa, circa 1900

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Title: Iowa City Town and Campus Scenes
Creator: Kent, Frederick W. (Frederick Wallace), 1894-1984
Date Created: 1830/2008
Description: Several thousand images from the 1830s through the 1980s depicting people, architecture, and natural features on The University of Iowa campus and in the Iowa City area. The University of Iowa and its surrounding community, documented by Samuel Calvin (1840-1911), a professor in natural sciences, and Frederick W. Kent (1894-1984), a lecturer in photography.
Language: English
Subjects: Library of Congress Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: Universities & colleges
Subject: Time: 1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
Subject: Place: United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City
Archival Collection: Iowa City Town and Campus Scenes
Frederick W. Kent Collection of Photographs, 1866-2000
Collection Identifier: RG30.0001.001
Collection Guide: http://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/3/resources/1164
Host institution: University of Iowa. Libraries. University Archives
Digitization Specifications: Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 3228C @ 600 ppi. Master image saved in TIFF format.
Date Digital: 2008/2019
Rights Management: Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this digital object. Commercial use or distribution of the object is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder.
Contact Information: Contact the University Archives at the University of Iowa: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/contact
Item Type (DCMI): Collection
Item Type (AAT): photographs
Item Type (IMT): jpeg