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Title: Venetian Ball Room, Hotel Savery, Des Moines, Iowa, Savery Hotel, Savery III, Renaissance Des Moines Savery Hotel
Description: Looking at the Venetian Ball Room located on the second floor of the Savery Hotel which displayed influences of Mediterranean Revival architecture on its design. The hotel is 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. Located at 400 Locust Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 1748.
Date Created: 1925
PID: grinnell:16857

Title: Veterans' Memorial Auditorium, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at the Vets Memorial Auditorium which opened on February 1, 1955 and was named to honor the World War II veterans of Polk County. It is located at 833 5th Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Number P15932.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:16869

Title: Victoria Sanitarium, Colfax, Iowa, Victoria Sanitorium
Description: A picturesque, red brick colonial building, with spacious white porches, situated on one of the beautiful wooded hillsides of Colfax. Built in 1904, when Florence Brown Sherbon, A. M., M. D., her husband, John Bayard Sherban, M. D., and her father James Brown, incorporated the Victoria Sanatorium and Mineral Spring. 1913 postmark. Number 12321.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:13612

Title: Victoria Sanitorium Park, Colfax, Iowa, Victoria Sanitarium Park
Description: Outside activities at the sanitorium. Built in 1904, when Florence Brown Sherbon, A. M., M. D., her husband, John Bayard Sherbon, M. D., and her father James Brown, incorporated the Victoria Sanatorium and Mineral Spring. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14570

Title: View along Main Street, Camp Dodge, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest at the long row of barracks. Original construction of Camp Dodge began in 1907, to provide a place for the National Guard units to train. In 1917, the installation was handed over to national authorities and greatly expanded to become a regional training center for forces to participate in the First World War. The name Camp Dodge comes from Brigadier General Grenville M. Dodge, who organized Iowa's first National Guard unit in 1856. Number 52965.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16878

Title: View from Rainbow Drive, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Monument Road
Description: Rainbow Drive was a scenic spot commemorating the Lewis and Clark visit to the area in 1804. H.G. (Harry) McGee, a prominent businessman in the community, contributed $1,000 toward the purchase of the land and he was named "Father of Rainbow Drive." Number 115441.
Date Created: 1927
PID: grinnell:18379

Title: View in Union Park, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: View of benches in the park with a woman and children walking in the background. 1912 postmark.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:18888

Title: View in city square park, Afton, Iowa, Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall, I.O.O.F.
Description: Looking southeast from the park at the I.O.O.F. building. Number 8.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14289

Title: View of Chestnut St., Atlantic, Iowa, Hansen & Lowe, Chestnut Street
Description: Looking at the business district in Atlantic, Iowa. Hansen & Lowe is printed on the side of the building on the left. Number 6934.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:13479

Title: View of Guernsey, Iowa
Description: View of the town of Guernsey, Iowa, with a farmer in the field, front right. 1913 postmark. Number 7. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:18258