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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

Title: Unlikely (Deconstructive) Theological Parallels: John Caputo and Rowan Williams, Unlikely Theological Parallels: John Caputo and Rowan Williams
Description: Presents an argument for a deconstructive approach to a comparison of the theology of John Caputo and Rowan Williams
Date Created: 2010
PID: grinnell:49

Title: Unloading Chicago and Northwestern Railroad cars, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: View of men unloading supplies from the railroad cars into the horsedrawn wagons. 1910 postmark. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16069

Title: Vanderveer Park, Davenport, Iowa, Vander Veer Botanical Park
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1918
PID: grinnell:18455

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