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Birds' eye view, Iowa State Fair Grounds, Des Moines, Iowa

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Looking southeast at the Agriculture Building on the left and the Administration Building on the right. The Agriculture Building was built in 1904 and is one of the best remaining examples of exposition-style architecture anywhere in the world. The Administration Building was built in 1908 and the original fountain still stands in the main lobby. The Iowa State Fair and Exposition Grounds Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 1915 postmark.
Title Birds' eye view, Iowa State Fair Grounds, Des Moines, Iowa
Alternative TitleIowa State Fairgrounds
Alternative TitleJohn Deere Agriculture Building
Alternative TitleAdministration Building
supporting host Grinnell College Libraries Special Collections
Index Date 1915
Publisher Hunt, Jr. Enos B. (Des Moines, Iowa)
Type of Resource still image
Genre postcard
Physical Extent 1 postcard : color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium Color lithograph print, divided back.
Note Color
citation/reference Iowa State Fairgrounds (http://www.iowastatefairgrounds.org/facilities/buildings/agriculture-building/); Blue Ribbon Foundation (http://www.blueribbonfoundation.org/renovations/administration-building)
Date Issued 1915?
Note Purchase or donation
Note Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
Language English
Topic Fairs
Topic Iowa State Fair
Topic Events
Topic Polk County (Iowa)
Topic Des Moines (Iowa)
Topic John Deere Agriculture Building
Topic Administration Building
Cartographic 41.595290, -93.551700
Classification MS 108, Box 2, ihpc_desa0093
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_desa0093
Identifier (local) grinnell:16086
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Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/16086
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