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Title: U.S. Veterans Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa, VA Central Iowa Health Care System
Description: Looking west at the original entrance to the U.S. Veterans Hospital. The building still stands at 3600 30th Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1936 postmark.
Date Created: 1936
PID: grinnell:14683

Title: U.S. Weather Bureau, Charles City, Iowa, United States Weather Bureau, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS)
Description: The two story brick building was opened November 1, 1904. Sign on front of the building says "U.S. Weather Bureau, Department of Agriculture". The discretion as to where the weather stations are to be located is left with the Secretary of Agriculture. Number 10149.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13614

Title: U.S. government building, Clinton, Iowa, United States government building, United States Post Office
Description: Looking southwest at the neoclassical post office building built in 1902 at a cost of $100,000. It was designed by Louis Simon and built by James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect, U.S. Treasury Department and M. Yeager & Son, Contractor. The building is still standing as of 2016 and located at 301 Fifth Avenue South, Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa. 1908 postmark. Number 15930.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:13616

Title: Union Church, Davis City, Iowa, Brick Church
Description: For the first 20 years of its existence Davis City did not have a church. This church was built at the instigation of John Clark in 1878. Clark was a native of Scotland who was of no particular religious affiliation, but thought "the moral and religious training of the Christian faith of fundamental importance." The church building was accessible to all denominations, and is now owned jointly by Methodist, Presbyterian, and Christian congregations. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 2.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:16951

Title: Union Depot, Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines Union Station
Description: The Des Moines Union station building and depot grounds extended west from Fifth Street to some distance beyond Sixth Avenue. The building was razed no later than the 1960s. 1907 postmark. Number 140.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:16080

Title: Union Park, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: View of dirt road in Union Park, located at 725 Thompson Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1910 postmark. Number 1994. Series 252.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18885

Title: Union Park, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: View of wooden walking bridge in Union Park, located at 725 Thompson Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1914 postmark. Number 3808.
Date Created: 1914
PID: grinnell:16880

Title: United Presbyterian Church, College Springs, Iowa, College Springs Presbyterian Church
Description: Looking northeast at the entrance to a three-story brick and stone church built in the mid-1800s and located at 809 Iowa Avenue, College Springs, Page County, Iowa. 1915 postmark.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:15753

Title: United States Post Office, Cherokee, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest at the original post office which was established in 1925 and located at 207 North 2nd Street, Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa. Number 8A747.
Date Created: 1938
PID: grinnell:14083

Title: University Church of Christ, Des Moines, Iowa, University Place Christian Chapel, First Christian Church
Description: The first church building was constructed in 1888 to serve the faculty, staff and students at Drake University. In 1909, a large auditorium seating 2,000 was constructed beside the original church. Located at 2500 University Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1908 postmark. Number 10.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:18889