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Title: Albia's variety store, Albia, Iowa, A & A Shoe Store
Description: Looking southwest at a three-story brick building with fire escape. The A & A Shoe Store is on the right. Number 6951.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:14284

Title: Burlington Depot, Creston, Iowa, Creston Railroad Depot, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad-Creston Station
Description: Looking southeast at a three-story building which opened in 1899 at a cost of $75,000. Since Creston was a division point, the depot also contained numerous railroad offices on the upper levels for the division superintendent, dispatcher, roadmaster, physician and other officials. The depot abutted the busy Creston yards, which had one of the largest roundhouses in the CB&Q system. Today, the first floor houses an art gallery, senior center, and exhibits, while the second floor is reserved for municipal use. The building is located at 200 West Adams Street, Creston, Union County, Iowa, and is on the National Register of Historic Places.Number M199M.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:16224

Title: Darlene's Drive-In on highway 34, Albia, Iowa, Claver, Darlene
Description: Darlene's Drive-in was a small restaurant which opened in the early 1950's. Number 6960.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:14283

Title: Iowa Capitol Building and Governor of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa, Beardsley, William S.
Description: Photo of William S. Beardley, 31st Governer of Iowa, from 1949-1954. State Motto: 'Our Liberties We Prize and Our Rights We Will Maintain'. On verso: "William S. Beardsley, native Iowan, inaugurated January 13, 1949, as the 31st Governor of Iowa". Looking northeast the 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. Located at 1007 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, and listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:18754

Title: Veterans' Memorial Auditorium, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at the Vets Memorial Auditorium which opened on February 1, 1955 and was named to honor the World War II veterans of Polk County. It is located at 833 5th Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Number P15932.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:16869

Title: West side, Centerville, Iowa, J.C. Penney Co., F.W. Woolworth Co., Scott Stores, Beer's Drug Store, Le Rose Gift Shop
Description: Looking south at the town square left to right: J.C. Penney, Co., F.W. Woolworth Co., Scott Stores, Beer's Drug Store and Le Rose Gift Shop. The courthouse square historic district is listed on the National Register of Historical Places. Number 3A490.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:14573