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State Historical Building, Des Moines, Iowa

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Looking northeast at a four-story stone building. On verso: "In this building is a large library of history and genealogy, a famous collection of autographs and photographs, many valuable and historic relics and antiques, a vast natural history museum and gallery of portraits of distinguished Iowa persons, a Civil War collection". The building is located at East 12th and Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 1871N. Series 36.
Title State Historical Building, Des Moines, Iowa
Alternative TitleIowa State Historical Building
Alternative TitleOla Babcock Miller Building
Alternative TitleState Library of Iowa
supporting host Grinnell College Libraries Special Collections
Index Date 1930
Publisher E.C. Kropp Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Type of Resource still image
Genre postcard
Physical Extent 1 postcard : color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium Linen color lithograph print, divided back.
Note Color
citation/reference National Register of Historic Places (http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/)
Date Issued 1920-1940
Note Purchase or donation
Note Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
Language English
Topic Historic buildings
Topic Polk County (Iowa)
Topic Des Moines (Iowa)
Topic Iowa State Historical Building
Topic Ola Babcock Miller Building
Topic State Library of Iowa
Cartographic 41.592811, -93.602706
Classification MS 108, Box 2, ihpc_desa0101
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_desa0101
Identifier (local) grinnell:16082
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/11084/16082
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