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Title: Grand Avenue and English type of house and grounds, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Verso says: "This view shows types of residences and landscaping in what is knows as the Grand Avenue Residence District. This is not only the finest residential district in the city, but West Grand, for three miles of its length, is generally pronounced the equal, if not the superior to any residential street in the west. The ground is naturally rolling and the great groves of elm and oak with which nature blessed it, have been preserved by the landscape artists." 1910 postmark. Number 15337.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18548

Title: Grandview Park, Des Moines, Iowa, Grand View Park
Description: View of a walking bridge through the trees. The land purchase for Grandview Park was made in 1894. The park is a natural park that is approximately 98 acres in size. Located at 3230 Easton Boulevard, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1920 postmark. Number 3837.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:18549

Title: Green Wood Park, Des Moines, Iowa, Greenwood Park, Ashworth Park
Description: View of a meeting near a pavilion in Greenwood Park. 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. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18552

Title: Greenwood Park, Des Moines, Iowa, Ashworth Park
Description: View of flower garden and walking trail at Greenwood Park. Greenwood Park was the first official large park in Des Moines purchased by park commissioners in 1894. 4500 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16865

Title: Greenwood Park, Des Moines, Iowa, Ashworth Park
Description: View of walking trail, flowers and tennis court in Greenwood Park. 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. Number 6419.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:16936

Title: Greetings from Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, Administration Building, Old Main, Harvey Ingham Hall of Science, Cowles Library
Description: Verso says: Left - Administration Building, Upper right - Harvey Ingham Hall of Science, Lower right - Cowles Library. Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, is Iowa's largest independent, non-tax-supported college or university. In April, thousands throng to the Drake Campus for the world-famous Drake Relays. Number P19283.
Date Created: 1965
PID: grinnell:16932

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: Hazy view of Camp Dodge, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest at the long row of barracks. 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.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:16879

Title: Highland Park College, Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines University, Des Moines University of Lawsonomy
Description: Looking at street trolley #197 arriving at the Highland Park College campus which was established in 1889 and operated under that name until 1918, when the Baptist church bought it and renamed it Des Moines University. The school had some 40,000 students and 1,000 pharmacy graduates in its first twenty-five years. After some unrest, the school closed in September 1929, and the buildings remained empty until 1943, when Alfred W. Lawson of Detroit bought the property and founded the Des Moines University of Lawsonomy ("the study of everything"). The university closed in 1954 and the Park Fair Shopping Mall is on the site today at Second Avenue and Euclid Avenue. 1906 postmark. Number 1761.
Date Created: 1906
PID: grinnell:16149