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Pammel Court student housing on the campus of Iowa State College viewed from south of Pammel Drive soon after World War II. The end of the war and return of veterans (often with families) to the campus resulted in a serious housing shortage. In October 1945, the first steps were taken to prepare for the influx of married couples through the acquisition of trailers and demountable houses, obtained from the federal government from war production sites where they were no longer needed (these are seen in the right of this photo). During the fall of 1946, the college recieved 317 barracks-type buildings, providing 734 living units (these are seen in the left of the photo). Stange Road is in the upper right, beyond Squaw Creek. Schilletter and University Villages were later built on the farm land seen in the top right corner of this photo. (For additional information see: "The Ames Intelligencer, the Newsletter of the Ames Heritage Association," Summer, 2003, p. 2) Photo postcard.