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Iowa City Town and Campus Scenes

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: Architects' float, Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1914

: Athletic board scene on float in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1919

: Athletic "perpetual motion" wheel in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1923

: Auto in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1914

: Automobile in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1922

: Bicyclists in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1922

: Bird costumes on Mecca Day, The University of Iowa, 1916

: Boys on Mecca Day parade float mocking law students and their Law Jubilee, The University of Iowa 1922

: Brewery equipment on float in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1920

: Bugle boys in blackface on horse in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1920

: Cable car float in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1919

: Cadets carrying stretcher in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1919

: Camel in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1915

: Canoe on Mecca Day parade float, The University of Iowa, 1921

: Car decorated for Mecca Day, The University of Iowa, 1916

: Carriage with horse facing backwards in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1921

: Cart carrying baby King Tut in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1923

: Chaperon in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1922

: Chariot and charioteer in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1916

: Chariot and driver in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1921

: Chemical engineering float in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1919

: Chemical engineering float in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1920

: Chemistry lab and alchemist in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1922

: Concession stand in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1920

: Crowd gathered by Engineering building for Mecca Day, The University of Iowa, 1910s

: Crowd gathered on Clinton Street for Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1919

: Dental float in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1921

: Doughboy with sign in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1918

: Drill squad in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1922

: Edwin Diller Starbuck's famous jazz bell-hops in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1920

: Engineers' float in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1921

: Engineers in tuxedos and top hats in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1919

: Entomologists with butterfly nets in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1922

: Financier and engineer in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1919

: Float in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1920

: Health care float in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1920

: Horse and wagon in Mecca Day parade,The University of Iowa, 1914

: Horse-drawn wagon with cannon in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1914

: Horse in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1916

: Horse wearing coat in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1923

: Iowa Memorial Union fundraiser float in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1920

: Knights on horseback in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1916

: Knights posing on horseback for Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1916

: Laborers in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1920

: Laborers in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1920

: Laborers in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1920

: Large telescope on float in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1920

: Law float in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1921

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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