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Title: 72" Indep[endent] Head Wall on Armco Paved Invert Pip under 8' Fill, Iowa Culvert and Pipe Co., Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Man standing in Armco Culvert. 1918 ad about Armco Culverts: "'Armco' Iron Culverts cost less per year than any other type of construction you can use to drain railroad tracks or highways. They have been on the market for years and have been installed in all parts of the country — in all kinds of soils — under all imaginable conditions — and they have made good. They last! Made of the most durable of available culvert metals — rust-resisting 'ARMCO' Iron — light, strong, resilient. Easily and quickly installed with ordinary labor, and once in the ground there to stay."
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:16846

Title: 96" installation, the finished job, Iowa Culvert and Pipe Co., Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Four men standing in an Armco Culvert. 1918 ad about Armco Culverts: "'Armco' Iron Culverts cost less per year than any other type of construction you can use to drain railroad tracks or highways. They have been on the market for years and have been installed in all parts of the country — in all kinds of soils — under all imaginable conditions — and they have made good. They last! Made of the most durable of available culvert metals — rust-resisting 'ARMCO' Iron — light, strong, resilient. Easily and quickly installed with ordinary labor, and once in the ground there to stay." 1931 postmark.
Date Created: 1931
PID: grinnell:16931

Title: Drainage Gates, Armco, the Iowa Culvert and Pipe Company, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: On verso: "Drainage Gates. Either automatic or screw type. Ask our man for information when you have a water control problem". 1941 postmark.
Date Created: 1941
PID: grinnell:16856

Title: Elbows for Special Locations, Armco, the Iowa Culvert and Pipe Company, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: On verso: "Elbows for Special Locations. We fabricate elbows in diameters from 6" to as large as you want them, to fit any special job you have, such as broken back culverts, drop inlets, or horizontal turns in alignment of the pipe. Submit your sketch and we will be pleased to make a quotation for any job of this nature you may have. Made and sold by Iowa Culvert and Pipe Co., Mason City, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids.
Date Created: 1939
PID: grinnell:16872

Title: Hotel Fort Des Moines, 10th and Walnut, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking southwest at the Hotel Fort Des Moines building made of granite, limestone and brick, built in 1919. Verso says: "Where excitement begins. Another friendly boss hotel. Iowa's largest and friendliest." It is located at 1000 Walnut Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Date Created: 1965
PID: grinnell:18752

Title: Hotel Franklin, Fifth and Locust, Des Moines, Iowa, Franklin Hotel
Description: Looking southeast from 6th Avenue at the Hotel Franklin. Condemned and torn down in late 70's, early 80's. Title says: "130 rooms, 130 baths. Rates are $1.50 and $2.00. No higher." Number 47200.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:16875

Title: Hotel Savery Rocket Room, Des Moines, Iowa, Savery Hotel, Savery III, Renaissance Des Moines Savery Hotel
Description: The Rocket Room was originally a coffee room remodeled into a restaurant. Looking northwest at an eleven-story limestone and brick building that rises 140 feet (43 m) above the ground. H.L. Stevens & Co. designed the current 233-room hotel in the Colonial Revival style and it was the third Savery Hotel to be built in Des Moines, opening in 1919. It was later rebuilt in 1930 and renovated extensively in 1999 and in 2016-2017. Verso says: "A Tangney-McGinn Hotel, Home of Famous Food, 'Rocket Room', Bring Your Convention to Des Moines". Located at 400 Locust Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 32484N.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:16938

Title: Hotel Savery, A Boss Hotel, Des Moines, Iowa, Savery Hotel, Savery III, Renaissance Des Moines Savery Hotel
Description: Looking northwest at an eleven-story limestone and brick building that rises 140 feet (43 m) above the ground. H.L. Stevens & Co. designed the current 233-room hotel in the Colonial Revival style and it was the third Savery Hotel to be built in Des Moines, opening in 1919. It was later rebuilt in 1930 and renovated extensively in 1999 and in 2016-2017. Verso says: "Hotel Savery, A Boss Hotel, 350 Attractive Fireproof Rooms with Both 3 Air-Conditioned Restaurants, omplete Air-Conditioned Convention Facilities". Located at 400 Locust Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa and listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:16855

Title: Iowa Home for Sightless Women, Des Miones, Iowa
Description: The Iowa Home for Sightless Women was established in 1915 after many years of fundraising efforts by alumni of the Iowa School of the Blind and by prominent women in Des Moines. Due to the increased number of applications, the home moved in 1934 and 1948. The original house is still located at 1424 West 30th Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16146

Title: LOOK Building, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: On verso: "This modern five-story structure houses LOOK's subscription department which procures, processes and maintains the subscription portion of more than 7,000,000 paid circulation". Looking southeast at the LOOK Magazine building published by brothers Gardner and Mike Cowles who also owned the Des Moines Register and Tribune and the Minneapolis Star and formed the Iowa Broadcasting Company. The magazine was published in Des Moines from 1937 to 1971 and was similar to Life Magazine in content and emphasis in pictorials. The building, located at 111 Tenth Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, has been converted into residential lofts. 1965 postmark. Number S-211.
Date Created: 1965
PID: grinnell:16143