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Bird's-eye view looking down Locust Street from the Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa
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Description
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Looking west from the stairs of the Iowa State Capitol building at Locust Street and downtown Des Moines in the background. The building 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 107839.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:16145
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Title
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Boaters on the Floyd River, Alton, Iowa, Souvenir of Alton, Iowa
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Description
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Looking at boaters enjoying a day on the Floyd River. The Floyd River is a tributary of the Missouri River, 112 long in northwestern Iowa. It enters the Missouri River at Sioux City and is named for Charles Floyd, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 1910 postmark. Number B1101A1. Title supplied by cataloger.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:13649
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Title
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C. B. & Q. Depot, Albia, Iowa, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Depot
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Description
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One story brick depot with signal and railroad carts, a telegraph sign on the front of the building, and a child leaning against the building with people walking on the brick platform. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway had plans for securing railroads for Albia as early as 1865 when they proposed to extend their line westward from Ottumwa to Albia and Chariton. The company wanted Monroe and Lucas counties to raise $100,000 to secure the road, threatening to locate the line through some other territory if that amount was not guaranteed. The people of Monroe County granted the right of way with the depot grounds at Albia. The C., B., & Q. traversed the entire portion of Monroe County from east to west, a distance of a little more than 27 miles, and its total value was assessed at $349,647 in 1896. Number 46670. Number 46670.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:13885
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Title
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Cottage Hospital, Creston, Iowa
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Description
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Cottage hospital was purchased in 1896 and grew to a fifty bed institution, with complete equipment, located in a home of its own. Additional ground was required on the north and south and it had a power and electric plant of its own. It also provided a training school for nurses. It is now gone, but was located at 402-404-406 North Oak Street, Creston, Union County, Iowa. Number 39790.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:16970
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Title
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Dallas County Hospital, Adel, Iowa, Dallas County Poor Farm and Care Facility, Dallas County Care Facility, Inc.
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Description
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Between 1869 and the 1950s, the Dallas County Poor Farm & Care Facility supported many elderly single-male farmers, retired railroad men and construction workers in the central Iowa region. It is located at 25747 North Avenue, Adel, Dallas County, Iowa, and currently houses the Department of Human Services.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:13456
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Title
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Fairmount Park, the Old Redwood Stump, Council Bluffs, Iowa
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Description
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The story is that the Redwood stump was hauled here many decades ago and placed in the park. It was not a solid stump, but was "a wired-together shell of the original tree--consisting mostly of bark". With the Park Board's approval the hashed-up stump was placed in Fairmount Park. Number 9051.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:16239