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Title: Audubon County Court House, built 1939, Audubon, Iowa, Audubon County Courthouse
Description: Looking southeast at a two-story brick & stone building completed in 1940 costing approximately $139,000. The second Audubon County Court House is one of ten courthouses built in Iowa during the federal Public Works Administration (PWA) program's operation in the 1930s. The county seat moved in 1879 to Audubon and in 1884 the county secured a $7,000 building to used as a courthouse and was demolished in 1939. Located at 318 Leroy Street, Audubon, Audubon County, Iowa. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. "VOTE YES on FEB. 10th and put the County Seat at CLARKFIELD, THE GEOGRAPHICAL CENTER."--t.p. verso.
Date Created: 1943
PID: grinnell:13919

Title: Avoiding the New Cold War: Environmental Conflict Resolution and the Need for an International Legal Regime in the High Arctic
Description: Sam Mulopulos' submission to the 2012 Peace Studies Student Conference
Date Created: 2012
PID: grinnell:100

Title: Ballard Hall, Parsons College, Fairfield, Iowa
Description: Looking north at a four-story brick and stone building. Ballard Hall was the first dormitory constructed in 1902 which was designed by Chicago architect Henry K. Holsman. Parsons College was closed in 1973 and the campus was later purchased in 1974 by Maharishi International University. 1923 postmark. Number R-85405.
PID: grinnell:15975

Title: Band Stand, Union Park, Des Moines, Iowa, Bandstand
Description: Union Park was established in 1896 at East 9th Street and Thompson Avenue as one of Des Moines' original five parks. The park was part of the old Thompson farm and started with sixteen acres of land. 1908 postmark. Number 6452.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:16848

Title: Band playing in front of Birdsell Wagons, Correctionville, Iowa
Description: View of a band playing in front of Birdsell Wagons. Livery stables in background. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18328

Title: Band stand, Central Park, Charles City, Iowa
Description: Woman and child sitting on the Central Park bandstand. The third block (Block 9) from the river along Mill Street (now North Main Street) was envisioned by city planners, Joseph and Malinda Kelly to be the center of the city so he set it aside as the public square, and it has ever since remained open as public land and park. It is now named Central Park. Central Park is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the North Main Street Historic District. 1918 postmark. Number A-58774.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:14572

Title: Bank Buildings, Collins, Iowa, Exchange State Bank
Description: Looking south on Main Street at the Exchange State Bank on the left with a train passing through in the background. The Exchange State Bank was established in 1902.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16260

Title: Bank and Masonic Hall, Danbury, Iowa, Hedrick, D.H., Danbury Trust and Savings Bank
Description: The Danbury Trust and Savings Bank was built in 1911 and housed the bank on the first floor, and the Masonic Hall on the second floor. D.H. Hedrick served as the first president and the bank had a capital of $25,000. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:16211

Title: Bankers Life Company, home office building, Des Moines, Iowa, Principal Financial Group
Description: Looking northeast from High Street. Verso says: The Bankers Life Company, established in 1879 by Edward Temple, a pioneer Iowa banker in the best life insurance company west of the Mississippi River. Located at 711 High Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1947 postmark. Number 0B-H565.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:14680