Both taken in 1930 by Frederick W. Kent. Capacity 53,000.
I love these old pictures of Kinnick...
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Think they moved the press box from the east side to the west so they wouldn’t be looking straight into the sun?
It's weird that there's a box on both sides. Maybe one side is press and one is lux suites? lol
A lot of B1G stadiums were built around 1930. I love that they have mostly been retained and added on to, unlike the old arenas.
Thanks for sharing ... Crazy to see how much things have changed ...Both taken in 1930 by Frederick W. Kent. Capacity 53,000.
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…and the water tower wasn’t painted back then, either. I think the efforts to first, erect a water tower, and then paint a tiger hawk on it were dwarfed by the End Prohibition movement. 
Both taken in 1930 by Frederick W. Kent. Capacity 53,000.
Would be a lot of sweet tailgating if there was that much room around it now.
Lol, I'm a big golf junkie and didn't notice the course.
It's Old Finkbine. Finkbine sits in a new footprint now.
Well, it was no different than most high school stadiums, in that they had boxes on both sides for the coaching staffs and media to sit in.
Very cool. That is what it looked like when my grandparents met at the State University of Iowa circa 1935. An Ames kid, it was their Hawkeye love that planted the seed. RIP Harold and Evelyn!
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I love the photos.
The terrain looks hilly and I think of the area as being very flat.
The terrain looks hilly and I think of the area as being very flat.
I must be getting old.
Back when I was in high school and pretty well decided on going to Iowa our dentist, making small talk mostly, spoke of "good ol' S.U.I." though by then it was, of course, UI.
That has stuck in my head ever since.
Yep...North Finkbine. It was originally an 18 hole course. When I was in high school it was down to 9 holes and was the course our high school team played on.
Both sides had mirror-image press boxes. The one on the east was later removed, maybe when the large tower press box was built during the 50s Rose Bowl years. I believe the original mirror-image design was taken from old Iowa Field down along the east bank of the river.
Iowa Field
Wow, with all the changes made to the stadium over the years, you would not think it is the same place as those pictures.
Maximum capacity was reported to be 30,000. It was used from 1890-1928 for football and a bit longer for baseball. The Wikipedia article has links to two pictures. The 1927 pic shows the relationship to the baseball field and also how the west stands hung out over the Iowa River!
Broke ground in March 1929 and finished in October 1929. Those boys and girls back then could build!!!!!! Would be like a 3 year project today.
Because it is? Just doesn’t seem that way with all the additions.
Flatter, sure.
There's still quite a few uneven areas around Kinnick.....................it's just been completely developed over
I went to the Mid Tenn St game this year with 2 other couples that had never gone before. I told them that when I started going in the 80's there were 8 tennis courts located on the south side where the Kinnick statute is located.
Another interesting about that picture is you see a small non-descript building next to the baseball field. Here’s a ground view of it from at least a decade or two before the Iowa Field picture.
That’s the Old Armory, not the Armory that was attached to the Fieldhouse and torn down a few decades ago. That building is where the basketball team used to play over a century ago.
Didn't the Old Armory stand until about 1980 when it was replaced by some small, crummy (Communications?) building?
There were two tennis courts too, which was kinda cool right in the heart of campus.
There were two tennis courts too, which was kinda cool right in the heart of campus.
Don’t forget the ‘old’ Stadium Park married student housing that was immediately outside the west stands. That was torn down in ‘73 or ‘74ish. Also the size of the hospital then.............and now.
Another interesting about that picture is you see a small non-descript building next to the baseball field. Here’s a ground view of it from at least a decade or two before the Iowa Field picture.
That’s the Old Armory, not the Armory that was attached to the Fieldhouse and torn down a few decades ago. That building is where the basketball team used to play over a century ago.
Yes. The Old Armory stood just across Washington Street from the Main Library. The entrance and ticket booth for Iowa Field were where Washington Street went under the railroad trestle which is still there. I remember seeing "Iowa Field" embossed in the cement structure of the trestle when I was an undergrad and wondered what the heck that was about. I had no idea that the football field had once been there.
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Yeah, I took tennis there as a 1-credit hour elective. Played there a couple times a week. Was in 85 or 86.
