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Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa

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Looking northwest at the Iowa State Capitol building with a miniature Liberty Bell in the foreground presented to Iowa in 1950 by the Federal Department of the Treasury to thank the state for its efforts of the previous ten years in war-bond drives. This symbol of independence appropriately was dedicated on Independence Day by Governor William Beardsley. The bell, cast in Annery-le-Vieux, France, weighs 2,000 pounds. It is located at 1007 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Number P89196.
Title Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa
supporting host Grinnell College Libraries Special Collections
photographer Plastichrome (Boston, Mass.)
Index Date 1965
Publisher Dunlap Post Card Co. (Omaha, Neb.)
Publisher Plastichrome (Boston, Mass.)
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 National Register of Historic Places (http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/)
Date Issued 1960-1970
Note Purchase or donation
Note Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
Language English
Topic Capitols
Topic Government facilities
Topic Polk County (Iowa)
Topic Des Moines (Iowa)
Topic Government facilities
Topic Capitols
Topic Iowa State Capitol
Cartographic 41.591202, -93.603639
Classification MS 108, Box 2, ihpc_desa0080
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_desa0080
Identifier (local) grinnell:16089
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Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/16089
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