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Title: 72" Indep[endent] Head Wall on Armco Paved Invert Pip under 8' Fill, Iowa Culvert and Pipe Co., Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Man standing in Armco Culvert. 1918 ad about Armco Culverts: "'Armco' Iron Culverts cost less per year than any other type of construction you can use to drain railroad tracks or highways. They have been on the market for years and have been installed in all parts of the country — in all kinds of soils — under all imaginable conditions — and they have made good. They last! Made of the most durable of available culvert metals — rust-resisting 'ARMCO' Iron — light, strong, resilient. Easily and quickly installed with ordinary labor, and once in the ground there to stay."
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:16846

Title: Maytag Company, Automatic Electric Washer Co., Newton, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest at a three-story brick factory building with a delivery truck backed up to the loading dock. Number B-202.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:13715

Title: County Jail and Sheriff's Home, Montezuma, Iowa
Description: The jail was completed during the fall of 1876 by J.L. Myers for a cost of $4,900 and was situated two blocks north of the public square. It was a brick structure with iron cells, and a residence attached for the accommodation of the jailer and his family. Number B-281.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:18263

Title: Cows pulling hay wagon, Amana, Iowa, Greetings from Amana, Iowa
Description: Two longhorns pulling a hay wagon as one man looks on and other rides on the wagon. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:13839

Title: Douglas Street Bridge over the Missouri River, between Omaha, Neb., and Council Bluffs, Iowa, Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge
Description: Looking northwest at the Douglas Street Bridge (Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge) which was a truss bridge built in 1888 designed to handle streetcars. It was the first road bridge to cross the Missouri River connecting Omaha, Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa. It was replaced in 1966 by the Interstate 480 girder bridge. Number 0A4958.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:16241

Title: Entrance to Fort Des Moines, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking at the gated entrance to the Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School established in 1901 on 640 acres, several miles south of downtown Des Moines. In 1917 the first officer candidate class of African Americans in US military history, trained at Fort Des Moines, and received commissions. Also in 1917 a training camp for black medical personnel began, and in 1918 the fort was used for the treatment of World War I casualties. In 1933-34 it was used as a Civilian Conservation Corps camp. With the entry of the United States into World War II, the fort was used as a training center for women, for service in the Army's Women's Army Corps. After the war, the fort housed veteran soldiers for a time, and was turned over to the city in the early 1950s. Much of the original 640-acre base was sold off for development as the city grew. A number of the fort's buildings still stand, mainly on the southern and eastern edges of the parade ground. These buildings, including barracks, quarters, and stables, are now used for a variety of civic and commercial purposes. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:16850

Title: Evangelical Church, Peace Evangelical Church, Peace Evangelical Reformed Church, Evan[gelical] Church, Gladbrook, Iowa
Description: One story brick building. Entrance to Gladbook's Evangelical Church.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:13313

Title: Female department, Iowa State Reformatory, Anamosa, Iowa, Anamosa State Penitentiary, Iowa Men's Reformatory
Description: Looking west at the female cellhouse of the Anamosa State Reformatory, built in Romanesque, Gothic Revival. The institution was established in 1872. It is Iowa's largest prison. Number 234-2.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:13488

Title: Greenwood Park, Des Moines, Iowa, Ashworth Park
Description: View of walking trail, flowers and tennis court in Greenwood Park. Greenwood Park was the first official large park in Des Moines purchased by park commissioners in 1894. Located at 4500 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Number 6419.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:16936