Looking northeast from High Street. Verso says: The Bankers Life Company, established in 1879 by Edward Temple, a pioneer Iowa banker in the best life insurance company west of the Mississippi River. Located at 711 High Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1947 postmark. Number 0B-H565.
Looking northwest at several churches located in downtown Des Moines including St. Paul's Episcopal Church and St. Ambrose Cathedral which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 1912 postmark. Number 1754.
Looking northeast at Burlington, Iowa business district with the Des Moines County Courthouse and the Mississippi River in the background. 1908 postmark. Number 12189.
An aerial view looking east with the Pottawattamie County Courthouse on the left in the background. This second courthouse on South Pearl Street was built in 1888 at a cost of $141,800. It was later declared unsafe and was replaced with a Modernist structure in 1977. 1908 postmark.