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Title: State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at the Iowa State Capitol building which was completed in 1886 at a cost of $3,296,256, and, and at the time, was the only five-domed capitol in the country. The dome of the capitol is gilded with tissue-paper thin sheets of pure 23-karat gold, with a protective layer sealing the gold from the weather, and the top of its finial peak is 275 feet (84 m) above the ground. From its opening during 1884 until 1924, it was the tallest building in Des Moines, and likely the entire state. It is located at 1007 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 1907 postmark. 1909 postmark. Number 1976.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:18766

Title: State Normal School, Cedar Falls, Iowa, Iowa State Teachers College, State College of Iowa, University of Northern Iowa
Description: Looking west at the old Administration Building completed in 1896 at a cost of $35,000, and the Auditorium Building (Lang Hall) completed in 1901 at a cost of $120,000. 1909 postmark. Number 6085.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13296

Title: Steiner Hall interior, Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa, Steiner Hall, Iowa College
Description: Interior room with fireplace.Postmark 1909
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13486

Title: Story Street, Boone, Iowa, Canier Brothers & Herman
Description: Looking north on a busy Story Street with a dentist office and Canier Brothers & Herman shoe company on the left. 1909 postmark. Number A 11 018.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14172

Title: Street scene, Amana, Iowa, Greetings from Amana, Iowa
Description: Looking down a dirt street in Amana, Iowa. The Amana Colony is seven villages on 26,000 acres located in Iowa County. 1909 postmark. Number 263915. Series 5. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13836

Title: The dedication of the sanitorium, Nevada, Iowa, The Iowa Sanitorium of the Seventh Day Adventists, Old San
Description: The Iowa Sanitorium of the Seventh Day Adventists was dedicated on August 21, 1909, and located on 55 acres at the south end of, present day, 8th Street in Nevada, Iowa. The Sanitorium, which cost approximately $75,000 to build, was initiated by the Seventh Day Adventists in Des Moines who moved to Nevada because their Des Moines facility was “too noisy”. The building was destroyed by fire on January 30, 1943.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:18180

Title: First United Presbyterian Church, United Presbyterian Church, [Grinnell, Iowa]
Description: Looking south. The United Presbyterian Church was built in 1907 and razed in 1977 for the new church. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13857

Title: Wagon bridge crossing Nodaway River, Clarinda, Iowa
Description: Scenic view of the old wooden wagon bridge connected to the newer truss bridge. The river's name (as "Nodawa") first appears in the journal of Lewis and Clark, who camped at the mouth of the river on July 8, 1804. The name is an Otoe-Missouria term meaning "jump over water". 1909 postmark. Number D2206.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14076

Title: Grinnell College, Rand Gymnasium, Women's gymnasium, [Iowa College], Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking east. Rand Gymnasium was constructed in 1897 and destroyed by fire in 1939. The cost to build was between $10,000 and $17,360. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13543