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State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa

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Looking east at the Iowa State Capitol building which was completed in 1886 at a cost of $3,296,256, and, and at the time, was the only five-domed capitol in the country. The Weidenmann Project's Centennial Fountain in the foreground was designed by architect John Weidenmann of New York City and completed in 1892. The capitol building is located at 1007 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 1919 postmark.
Title State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa
supporting host Grinnell College Libraries Special Collections
Index Date 1919
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 1919?
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 Fountains
Topic State seals
Topic Government facilities
Topic Polk County (Iowa)
Topic Des Moines (Iowa)
Topic Iowa State Capitol
Cartographic 41.591202, -93.603639
Classification MS 108, Box 2, ihpc_desa0075
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_desa0075
Identifier (local) grinnell:16094
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Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/16094
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