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Beautiful 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 dome of the capitol is gilded with tissue-paper thin sheets of pure 23-karat gold with a protective layer sealing the gold from the weather, and the top of its finial peak is 275 feet (84 m) above the ground. From its opening during 1884 until 1924, it was the tallest building in Des Moines, and likely the entire state. Located at 1007 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number P31092.
Title Beautiful State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa
supporting host Grinnell College Libraries Special Collections
Index Date 1965
Publisher Dunlap-Henline Distributors (North Platte, Neb.)
Publisher Colourpicture Publishers, Inc. (Boston, Mass.)
Type of Resource still image
Genre postcard
Physical Extent 1 postcard : color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium Plastichrome print, divided back. Made in USA.
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 Iowa State Capitol
Cartographic 41.591202, -93.603639
Classification MS 108, Box 2, ihpc_desa0064
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_desa0064
Identifier (local) grinnell:16871
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Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/16871
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