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U.S. Post Office and court house, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Looking west at the Federal Building (formerly a post office and now Cedar Rapids City Hall) which was completed in 1933 in the Beaux-Arts style and designed by James A. Wetmore, Office of the Architect for the Treasury. This building is located at 101 First Street SE, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa and is in the National Register of Historic Places under the May's Island Historic District. Number 4A-H611.
Title U.S. Post Office and court house, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Alternative TitleCedar Rapids City Hall
Alternative TitleUnited States Post Office
Alternative TitleU.S. Post Office and courthouse
Alternative TitleFederal Building
Alternative TitleCedar River
Alternative TitleRed Cedar River
Alternative TitleMay's Island
Alternative TitleMunicipal Island
Index Date 1945
Date Issued 1934
Publisher Cedar Rapids News Agency (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
Publisher Curteich & Co., Inc. (Chicago, Ill.)
Type of Resource still image
Genre postcard
Physical Extent 1 postcard : color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium Linen C.T. Art-Colortone print, divided back.
Digital Origin digitized other analog
Digital Extent 1 file
Media Type image/jpeg
citation/reference The National Register of Historic Places (https://npgallery.nps.gov/)
Provenance Purchase or donation
reproduction Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
citation/reference Buildings of Iowa by David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim, New York: Oxford University Press, 1993
creation/production credits Made in USA.
Language English
Topic Linn County (Iowa)
Topic Cedar Rapids (Iowa)
Topic Government facilities
Topic Post offices
Topic Courthouses
Topic Court houses
Cartographic 41.977416, -91.669643
Classification MS 108, Box 2, ihpc_cedarm0049
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_cedarm0049
Identifier (local) grinnell:13615
Access Condition Grinnell College Libraries does not own the copyright in these images and therefore cannot give or deny permission to publish or distribute any of them. It is the researcher's responsibility to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or distributing material from this collection. Any materials used must carry a credit line: Historic Iowa Postcard Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Grinnell College Libraries.
Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/13615
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