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Title: Court House, Centreville [sp.], Iowa, Courthouse, Centerville, Iowa, Appanoose County Court House
Description: Looking northwest. The cornerstone for the court house was laid on May 21, 1903, costing $90,600 to build. The architectural style is late 19th and 20th Century Revivals. It is located at 201 North 12th Street, Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa, and listed on the National Register for Historic Places. 1907 postmark. Number 124380. Series C 5817.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13927

Title: Court house, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Pottawattamie County Court House, Pottawattamie County Courthouse
Description: Looking southwest at the second Pottawattamie County Courthouse on South Pearl Street. The building was built in 1888 in Beaux Arts-style. It was later declared unsafe and was replaced with a Modernist structure in 1977. 1907 postmark. Number A5377.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:18383

Title: Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: 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. 1907 postmark. Number 5.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:16092

Title: Joe Farnham residence, Chatsworth, Iowa, Farnham, J.S.
Description: Two-story wooden house and barn with a picket fence. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14095

Title: Mercy Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking at Mercy Hospital founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1893. This building was located on the northwest corner of 4th and Ascension. In 1907, it could accommodate 125 patients and today Mercy has 802 beds and more than 6,600 employees. It is the longest continually operating hospital in Des Moines. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:16142

Title: Purifying plant C & NW Railroad, Alton, Iowa, Chicago and North Western Railroad
Description: To the incredulity of several Altonians, the purifying plant was built in 1905 to get the alkali out of the water so it would not rust the boilers so quickly. Many of the towns near Omaha had such plants built for this purpose. Two men are standing on the top deck. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13887

Title: Seton Indian Tribe, Charles City, Iowa, Seton Indians, Lamkin, Nina B.
Description: A group of Seton Indians attending a Chautauqua in Charles City. Sender says "This is our director, Nina B. Lamkin of Chicago". 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14098

Title: State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: 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. 1907 postmark. Number 1757.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:16935

Title: Tenth Street looking east, Alton, Iowa, 10th Street looking east
Description: Looking east at a tree-lined, residential dirt street. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13943

Title: Union Depot, Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines Union Station
Description: The Des Moines Union station building and depot grounds extended west from Fifth Street to some distance beyond Sixth Avenue. The building was razed no later than the 1960s. 1907 postmark. Number 140.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:16080