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Title: First Avenue, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, First Avenue Bridge, Chamber of Commerce, Veterans Memorial Building, Cedar Rapids City Hall, Post Office, Federal Building, Hotel Roosevelt
Description: Looking east on First Avenue East. "First Avenue--Chamber of Commerce and Post Office in right foreground. Hotel Roosevelt in left background." -- t.p. verso. The Chamber of Commerce building (Veterans Memorial Building) was built by Hunter and Hatton, Cedar Rapids, in 1927. It housed community center facilities, and admistrative space, veterans' groups, and the Chamber of Commerce. The post office building (Federal Building) was completed in 1933. Hotel Roosevelt was built in 1927 in the Georgian Revival style by O.F. Paulson Construction. Krenn & Dato of Chicago were the architects. Number 66761. Series CR-8.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:14129

Title: First National Bank building, Montezuma, Iowa, Peoples Savings Bank
Description: Looking northwest at the First National Bank Of Montezuma, Iowa, which printed $703,950 dollars worth of national currency. It opened in 1883 and stopped printing money in 1929.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:18248

Title: Floyd County Court House, Charles City, Iowa, Floyd County Courthouse
Description: This second courthouse was erected in 1881 on the foundation of the old building [which was destroyed by fire]. It was built of the best brick, finished with stone trimmings, and handsomely designed. The total cost was $17,000. It was condemned in 1939 and a new building was erected in its place in 1940. It was located at 101 South Main Street, Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa. Number 244.
Date Created: 1933
PID: grinnell:14561

Title: Greetings from Elkader, Iowa, Elkader High School, Elkader Big Dam, Turkey River, Clayton County Court House, Clayton County Courthouse, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Bayless Hotel, Lovers Lane, Elkader Keystone Bridge, Main Street
Description: A multiview of Elkader, Iowa, from left to right, top to bottom. Looking at the Elkader High School built in 1876 and destroyed by fire in 1936. Looking west at the Elkader Big Dam built in 1864 and situated on the Turkey River. Looking west at the Clayton County Courthouse located at 111 South High Street, Elkader, Clayton County, Iowa. The Italianate style courthouse was constructed in 1868 and the courthouse clocktower was added in 1896. Looking south on West Bridge Street at the Bayless Hotel built in 1897 to replace the Clark House which had burned down in 1896. Looking north from a wooden boardwalk with the Elkader Keystone Bridge and the Elkader State Bank in the background. Looking northeast at the Elkader Keystone Bridge built in 1889 to replace an old iron truss bridge which was declared unsafe. Looking southwest on Main Street in Elkader. 1914 postmark.
PID: grinnell:15999

Title: Greetings from the Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking east 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 Weidenmann Project's Centennial Fountain in the foreground was designed by architect John Weidenmann of New York City and completed in 1892. The capitol building is located at 1007 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 1905 postmark. Number 5.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:16093

Title: Iowa Capitol Building and Governor of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa, Beardsley, William S.
Description: Photo of William S. Beardley, 31st Governer of Iowa, from 1949-1954. State Motto: 'Our Liberties We Prize and Our Rights We Will Maintain'. On verso: "William S. Beardsley, native Iowan, inaugurated January 13, 1949, as the 31st Governor of Iowa". Looking northeast the 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. Located at 1007 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, and listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:18754

Title: Iowa State Capitol Building and Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Des Moines, Iowa, Iowa Civil War Monument
Description: Looking northeast at the Iowa State Capitol building on the left which was completed in 1886 at a cost of $3,296,256, and is the only five-domed capitol in the country and looking at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument on the right which is 135 feet tall and designed and completed by Harriet Ketcham in 1896. The building is located at 1007 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 6A-H1657.
Date Created: 1936
PID: grinnell:16128

Title: Iowa State Capitol and Governor of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa, Wilson, George A.
Description: Photo of George A. Wilson, 1906 Grinnell College graduate and 28th Governer of Iowa, from 1939-1943. On verso: "The Iowa State Capitol was completed in 1886 at a cost of $3,296,256; in its construction, stone quarried in seven foreign countries and several different states was used. The world-famous 'golden dome' on the capitol building is real 22-carat gold." The building is located at 1007 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Series 11.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:16077

Title: Iowa State Capitol by night, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking east at the Iowa State Capitol building at night with the Pioneers of the Territory monument (1892) by Karl Gerhardt in the foreground. The building was completed in 1886 at a cost of $3,296,256, 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. Located at 1007 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1927 postmark. Number 21030.
Date Created: 1927
PID: grinnell:16876

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