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Drive in Union Park, Des Moines, Iowa
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Description
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View of garden in Union Park which is located at 725 Thompson Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1912 postmark. Number 6417.
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Date Created
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1912
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PID
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grinnell:18829
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Floral display, Crapo Park, Burlington, Iowa
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The 85 acre Crapo Park is a city park with arboretum and botanical garden located alongside the Mississippi River. The park was completed in 1896 through the efforts of Philip M. Crapo, a local businessman and philanthropist. The landscape engineering firm of Earnshaw & Punshon of Cincinnati, Ohio, designed the park. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1912 postmark.
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Date Created
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1912
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PID
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grinnell:14471
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Fountain and arch, Crapo Park, Burlington, Iowa
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The 85 acre Crapo Park is a city park with arboretum and botanical garden located alongside the Mississippi River. The park was completed in 1896 through the efforts of Philip M. Crapo, a local businessman and philanthropist. The landscape engineering firm of Earnshaw & Punshon of Cincinnati, Ohio, designed the park. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1912 postmark. Number 2902.
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Date Created
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1912
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PID
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grinnell:14575
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Fountain at Greenwood Park, Des Moines, Iowa, Ashworth Park
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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.
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Date Created
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1912
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PID
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grinnell:18551
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Lake Starker, Crapo Park, Burlington, Iowa, Starker Lake
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Looking east at Crapo Park's Lake Starker which was originally a prairie pothole and was first designed as a compacted mud-bottom lake in 1895. Later, in the 1920's it was redesigned and engineered with a hard surface bottom and walls. The 85 acre Crapo Park is a city park with arboretum and botanical garden located alongside the Mississippi River. The park was completed in 1896 through the efforts of Philip M. Crapo, a local businessman and philanthropist. The landscape engineering firm of Earnshaw & Punshon of Cincinnati, Ohio, designed the park. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1912 postmark. Number 12194.
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Date Created
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1912
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PID
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grinnell:13638
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Street car entrance to Fairmount Park, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Graham, Andrew C.
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Looking at streetcar line in Fairmount Park. Acquisitioned and developed by Andrew C. Graham (“father of the Council Bluffs park system"), Fairmount Park was once considered the greatest park in the area and has a history of being one of the premier parks in the country. It featured a greenhouse, ice skating, sledding, a petting zoo and an old bell tower. 1912 postmark. Number 8152.
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Date Created
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1912
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PID
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grinnell:16240
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View in Union Park, Des Moines, Iowa
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View of benches in the park with a woman and children walking in the background. 1912 postmark.
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Date Created
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1912
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PID
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grinnell:18888