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Title: Buffalo, Greenwood Park, Des Moines, Iowa, Ashworth Park
Description: View of four Buffalo roaming Greenwood Park in the winter. 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. 1909 postmark. Number 6443.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:18550

Title: Crocker School, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking southwest at two children in the foreground with the Crocker School in the background. The school was built in 1870 and demolished ca. 1962. It was named after Marcellus Monroe Crocker, a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and prominent lawyer in Des Moines, Iowa. 1909 postmark. Number 48.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:16929

Title: Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, Administration Building, Old Main
Description: Looking northeast at the front entrance of Drake University's Administration Building, now known as Old Main. Drake University was founded in 1881. The architectural style is High Victorian Gothic. Old Main is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and located at 2507 University Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:18535

Title: First Baptist Church, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking north at the building designed and built on 1894 by Eastman and McLelland. 1909 postmark. Number 41.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:18543

Title: National Tournament, U.S. Army, Fort Des Moines, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: A montage of photos from the U.S. Army National Tournament held at Fort Des Moines in 1909 during President William Howard Taft's visit to Des Moines. Photos include: U.S. Army Field Kitchen, National Tournament, Des Moines, Iowa; Erecting Tents, U.S. Army Tournament, Des Moines, Iowa; Mess Time, U.S. Army Tournament, Des Moines, Iowa; President William H. Taft, National Tournament of U.S. Army, Des Moines, Iowa; "Pete", 2nd Cavalry, National Tournament, Des Moines, Iowa; Field Artillery, U.S. Army Tournament, Des Moines, Iowa; "We Belong to Uncle Sam", U.S. Army Tournament. 1909 postmark. Number 6.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:16138

Title: Rustic bridge at Union Park, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: View of wooden walking bridge in Union Park, located at 725 Thompson Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1909 postmark. Number 6450.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:16078

Title: Sixth Avenue Bridge, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: The closed-spandrel arch bridge on Sixth Avenue was designed by Edwin Thatcher from New York and built in 1907. In 1965 it collapsed due to bad infrastructure and was replaced in 1966. 1909 postmark. Number 563.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:18817

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. 1909 postmark. Number 1976.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:18766