Collection Timeline

1890 to 1979

1890
View of the front (east) side of Morrill Hall. A woman walking northwards is beside the main entryway to the building. Old Main is on the left side of the photo.
The Ames and College Railway (the Dinkey) car is stopped near Morrill Hall. A floral garden is planted along the tracks.

1893
A large, high-ceilinged room contains several taxidermied animals displayed in glass cases. The animals include a bison, an aardvark, a coyote, a monkey, an alligator, a snapping turtle, a kangaroo, and others.

1900
Morrill Hall is pictured in the distance framed between two trees. The Hub is seen to the left of Morrill Hall and Margaret Hall is to the right.
A large tent is pictured in the center of this photograph. Old Main is to the left of the tent and Morrill Hall is on the right. Marston Hall (under construction) can be seen in the distance. A man in a horse-drawn wagon is in front of the tent.
The front (east) side of Morrill Hall is partially obscured by trees and scrubs in this view. The tracks of the Ames and College Railway (the Dinkey) are seen in front of the foliage.

1904
Groups of people stand along Morrill Road in front of Morrill Hall.
People in period clothing stand along a pathway leading toward the northeast corner of Morrill Hall.

1905
Two flower-lined sidewalks lead up to Morrill Road and the main entrance of Morrill Hall. A row of trees stand to the north side of the building and the construction of Central Building (Beardshear Hall) is beyond.
View of the front (east) side of Morrill Hall in winter, partially obscured by trees covered in snow. The tracks of the Ames and College Railway (the Dinkey) are seen leading towards the building.

1907
In this aerial view, Morrill Hall is on the left and Margaret Hall is on the right. The Hub can be seen to the left (west) of Morrill Hall.
In this aerial view the Hub is to the left (west) of Morrill Hall.

1910
A sidewalk leads up to the entrance of Morrill Hall. Central Building (Beardshear Hall) is to the left.
Two men sit at a table onstage in the Morrill Hall chapel in front of the pipe organ. Another man on the stage holds his hand up and gives an oration. A fourth man stands offstage next to a piano.

1920
Period automobiles are parked in front of Morrill Hall and ivy is growing along the walls. The front of Central Building (Beardshear Hall) can be seen in the background.

1979
Color image of Morrill Hall from the south-east. Cars are parked along the street in front of the entrance.