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Title: East Des Moines High School, Des Moines, Iowa, East High School
Description: Looking east at a four-story stone building built in 1911 and renovated in 2005. When the building first opened, the school board was unable to afford new furniture, because of the enormous cost of its construction. During the first spring of the building's existence, a number of students used whatever vehicles they could provide to haul the furniture from the old building to the new one. Located at 815 East 13th Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1915 postmark. Number 8913.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:16158

Title: Elks' Building, Des Moines, Iowa, Elks Lodge
Description: Looking at the entrance to a four-story brick and stone building. Number 1590.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16157

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: First Baptist Church, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking north at the building designed and built on 1894 by Eastman and McLelland. 1909 postmark. Number 41.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:18543

Title: Flower beds, Union Park, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: View of flower garden and walking trail in Union Park which is located at 725 Thompson Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:16079

Title: Fountain at Greenwood Park, Des Moines, Iowa, Ashworth Park
Description: View of a fountain with stone sculpture surrounded by flowers. 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. 1912 postmark.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:18551

Title: Grand Avenue and English type of house and grounds, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Verso says: "This view shows types of residences and landscaping in what is knows as the Grand Avenue Residence District. This is not only the finest residential district in the city, but West Grand, for three miles of its length, is generally pronounced the equal, if not the superior to any residential street in the west. The ground is naturally rolling and the great groves of elm and oak with which nature blessed it, have been preserved by the landscape artists." 1910 postmark. Number 15337.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18548

Title: Grandview Park, Des Moines, Iowa, Grand View Park
Description: View of a walking bridge through the trees. The land purchase for Grandview Park was made in 1894. The park is a natural park that is approximately 98 acres in size. Located at 3230 Easton Boulevard, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1920 postmark. Number 3837.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:18549

Title: Green Wood Park, Des Moines, Iowa, Greenwood Park, Ashworth Park
Description: View of a meeting near a pavilion 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. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18552

Title: Greenwood Park, Des Moines, Iowa, Ashworth Park
Description: View of flower garden and walking trail at Greenwood Park. Greenwood Park was the first official large park in Des Moines purchased by park commissioners in 1894. 4500 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16865