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East Des Moines High School, Des Moines, Iowa, East High School
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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.
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Date Created
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1915
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PID
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grinnell:16158
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Flower beds, Union Park, Des Moines, Iowa
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View of flower garden and walking trail in Union Park which is located at 725 Thompson Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.
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Date Created
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1915
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PID
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grinnell:16079
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Lake in Ingersoll Park, Des Moines, Iowa
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In the late 1890's close to the Fairgrounds was a lake, located just north of Woodland Avenue and west of 39th Street. The lake was subsequently drained and developed for housing.
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Date Created
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1915
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grinnell:18753
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State Capitol of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
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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. Number 42.
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Date Created
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1915
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PID
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grinnell:16849
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Winners in Iowa State Fair, $1000 Saddle Horse Stake, Des Moines, Iowa, Iowa State Fairgrounds
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Looking at 10 men on horseback. The Iowa State Fair was one of a circuit of five of the largest fairs which was formed to make up a big saddle horse stake amounting to about $6,500. It was believed that it would attract saddle horse men throughout the entire county as it was the best circuit offering saddle horse stakes that had ever been formed. Number R-57025.
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Date Created
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1915
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grinnell:16930