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Title: New S. & L. Building, Des Moines, Iowa, New Savings and Loan Building
Description: Looking at the National Life Savings and Loan Building. 1913 postmark.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:18815

Title: Observatory Building, Des Moines, Iowa, Van Ginkel Building
Description: The first skyscraper in Iowa stood was on Locust Street reported at a height of 197 feet and heralded as "the tallest office building between Chicago and San Francisco" when it opened in 1896. It included a distinctive five-story observation tower and provided electricity and gas lighting to all tenants. The building was eventually demolished in1937, and this location is now occupied by Capital Square Mall. 1905 postmark. Number 105.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:16137

Title: Polk County Court House, Des Moines, Iowa, Polk County Courthouse
Description: Looking southwest at the Polk County Courthouse from 5th Avenue. The building was designed and built by Proudfoot and Bird in 1906 in the Beaux Arts style for a cost of $750,000 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It is located at 500 Mulberry Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1908 postmark. Number 6414.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:18794

Title: Polk County Court House, Des Moines, Iowa, Polk County Courthouse
Description: Looking west from Court Avenue at the Polk County Courthouse. The building was designed and built by Proudfoot and Bird in 1906 in the Beaux Arts style for a cost of $750,000 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It is located at 500 Mulberry Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1922 postmark. Number R-75833.
Date Created: 1922
PID: grinnell:14681

Title: Public Library, Des Moines, Iowa, Public Library of Des Moines
Description: Looking northwest at the 1903 three-story Beaux Arts style building designed by Des Moines architects, Gutterson & Smith, and constructed of salmon pink Minnesota limestone. It was the project of the Works Progress Administration. The building originally featured a fountain and stone steps, which were removed in 1955. It is no longer a library, but was acquired by the World Food Prize and is being renovated to serve as a museum to recognize great achievements in agriculture, a convocation center that will hold the World Food Prize International Symposium, a home for the Global Youth Institute, an educational facility that will feature interactive displays on hunger and food security and a conference center and community hall. It is located on Locust Street and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1921 postmark.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:18813

Title: Raccoon River, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at the Raccoon River which was first documented on the 1814 map by Lewis and Clark. It is a 30.8 mile long tributary of the Des Moines River. It flows generally eastward into Polk County, and joins the Des Moines River just south of downtown Des Moines and is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:16858

Title: Red Spot Coffee Shop, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: The one-story coffee shop appears to be next to a railroad depot on Grand Avenue. The sign on the front of the building says "8 hamburgers to take out $1.00). The building was located at 221 East Grand, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1948 postmark. Number E-519.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:16135

Title: River front showing New Locust Street Bridge and Municipal Building, Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines River, Des Moines City Hall, Walnut Street Bridge
Description: Looking southwest at the three-story Beaux Arts style Municipal Building and the Walnut Street Bridge from the Locust Street Bridge. The Des Moines City Hall building (Municipal Building) was designed by Proudfoot and Bird and built by Charles Weitz's Sons Construction Company of Des Moines in 1911. The Walnut Street Bridge is a closed-spandrel arch bridge which was built in 1911 by John Wheeler Construction Company of Geneva, Illinois. Its total length is 503.3 feet. 1913 postmark. Number 6420.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:18783

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: Salisbury House, Home of the Iowa State Education Association
Description: Looking north at the Tudor-style manor designed by architects Boyd and Moore of Des Moines and William Whitney Rasmussen of New York and completed in 1928 at a cost of $1.5 million. On verso: "Patterned after King's House, Salisbury, England, this 42-room manor house was built by Carl Weeks, widely-known cosmetic manufacturer. The Weeks' collections of art and other cultural items from around the world was retained by the Iowa State Education Association (ISEA) when it purchased the house as its headquarters in 1954." The building is located at 4025 Tonawanda Drive, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 163.534.
Date Created: 1970
PID: grinnell:14691