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Title: View in Union Park, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: View of benches in the park with a woman and children walking in the background. 1912 postmark.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:18888

Title: Views of Iowa State Fair and Davidson's Store, Des Moines, Iowa, S. Davidson & Bros., Exposition Building, Livestock Pavilion
Description: Iowa's Largest Furniture Store, S. Davidson & Bros., People's Furniture Store. Photos include: Corner of Main Floor, Furniture Display, Walnut Street Building; Main Exposition Building of Iowa State Fair containing Davidson's Special House Furnishing Exhibit; Corner of Carpet Room in Walnut Street Building; Stock Pavilion, Iowa State Fair. The D. Davidsons & Bros. was founded by patriarch Saul Davidson which expanded throughout Iowa and was purchased by Younkers in 1948 who ran the furniture business as a separate entity until the 1970s. The Iowa State Fair and Exposition Grounds Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The S. Davidsons & Bros. store was located at 412 Walnut Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1906 postmark.
Date Created: 1906
PID: grinnell:16087

Title: Walnut Street at night, Des Moines, Iowa, Davidsons, Lyric Theater, Mandelbaums
Description: Evening view of Walnut Street looking west at Davidsons on the left and the Lyric Theater and Mandelbaum's on the right. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18902

Title: Walnut Street at night, Des Moines, Iowa, Lyric Theater, Mandelbaums
Description: Evening view of Walnut Street looking west at the Lyric Theater and Mandelbaum's on the right. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:18901

Title: Walnut Street, looking west from Fourth Street, by Night, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Evening view of Walnut Street looking west at the Kirkwood Hotel and Davidsons on the left and Willmers, the Lyric Theater, Johnsons, and Mandelbaum's on the right. Number R-21031.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16874

Title: Washing kits after noon mess, Camp Dodge, Iowa
Description: Looking at several military trainees washing their kits after noon mess. Original construction of Camp Dodge began in 1907, to provide a place for the National Guard units to train. In 1917, the installation was handed over to national authorities and greatly expanded to become a regional training center for forces to participate in the First World War. The name Camp Dodge comes from Brigadier General Grenville M. Dodge, who organized Iowa's first National Guard unit in 1856. 1918 postmark. Number 52974.
Date Created: 1918
PID: grinnell:16866

Title: Winners in Iowa State Fair, $1000 Saddle Horse Stake, Des Moines, Iowa, Iowa State Fairgrounds
Description: Looking at 10 men on horseback. The Iowa State Fair was one of a circuit of five of the largest fairs which was formed to make up a big saddle horse stake amounting to about $6,500. It was believed that it would attract saddle horse men throughout the entire county as it was the best circuit offering saddle horse stakes that had ever been formed. Number R-57025.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:16930