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Title: Birdland at Union Park, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: A view from Birdland Drive near the Des Moines River. Number 6447.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18828

Title: Main Street, looking South, Clio, Iowa
Description: Looking south down a dirt road in Clio, Iowa. Clio was platted in 1874 by J.W. Tabler. In 1886 the population of Clio was 115. 1910 postmark. Number 3241A.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16994

Title: One of Main residence streets, Collins, Iowa
Description: Looking at a church and row of houses on a residential street in Collins, Iowa.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16259

Title: Post office, Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines Post Office
Description: Looking southwest at the two-story limestone and granite post office building designed by architect James Knox Taylor and completed in 1910 at a cost of $488,016.67. It was the first federally-sponsored post office in Des Moines specifically designed for only that purpose. Post operations had previously been on the first floor of the "Old Federal Building" at Fifth and Court Avenue (built 1870, razed 1968) beginning in 1870. Postal operations moved from the Walnut Street building in 1971 to a much larger facility at Second and University Avenue. This building is used for county offices. It is located on East Walnut Street and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18810

Title: Residence street, Center Junction, Iowa
Description: A car and a horse and buggy are stopped in the center of the dirt street. A church spire is in the left background. Center Junction was once an incorporated city starting in 1871. But, following a special election that served as a referendum on the plan, the city council voted in 2015 to sell its assets, disband, and turn administration over to the county. When the council took the action, then-Mayor Sandy Ricklefs cited the towns ailing finances as the primary reason for disbanding. Number 4.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14112

Title: Residential street, Columbus Junction, Iowa
Description: View of a dirt street and houses in Columbus Junction, Iowa. Columbus Junction began as Clifton and was renamed in 1870. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16989

Title: Union Park, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: View of dirt road in Union Park, located at 725 Thompson Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1910 postmark. Number 1994. Series 252.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18885