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Vanderveer Park, Davenport, Iowa, Vander Veer Botanical Park
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In 1885 the city of Davenport acquired the property that had been the Scott County Fairgrounds. It is a significant example of landscape planning, and of the civic improvements that were being made by the city in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Five years after the land was purchased and improved it was named Central Park after New York City's park of the same name. Central Park was renamed Vander Veer after an early Davenport park commissioner in 1911. The park consists of 70.8 acres, is located at 215 West Central Park Avenue, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 1918 postmark.
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Date Created
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1918
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grinnell:18455
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Venetian Ball Room, Hotel Savery, Des Moines, Iowa, Savery Hotel, Savery III, Renaissance Des Moines Savery Hotel
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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.
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Date Created
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1925
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PID
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grinnell:16857
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Veterans' Memorial Auditorium, Des Moines, Iowa
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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.
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Date Created
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1955
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grinnell:16869
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Victoria Sanitarium, Colfax, Iowa, Victoria Sanitorium
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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.
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Date Created
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1913
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PID
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grinnell:13612
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Victoria Sanitorium Park, Colfax, Iowa, Victoria Sanitarium Park
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1907
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grinnell:14570
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View along Main Street, Camp Dodge, Iowa
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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.
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Date Created
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1910
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grinnell:16878