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Title: One of Main residence streets, Collins, Iowa
Description: Looking at a church and row of houses on a residential street in Collins, Iowa.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16259

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. 1910 postmark. Number 569.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:15561

Title: Post office, Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines Post Office
Description: Looking southwest at the two-story limestone and granite post office building designed by architect James Knox Taylor and completed in 1910 at a cost of $488,016.67. It was the first federally-sponsored post office in Des Moines specifically designed for only that purpose. Post operations had previously been on the first floor of the "Old Federal Building" at Fifth and Court Avenue (built 1870, razed 1968) beginning in 1870. Postal operations moved from the Walnut Street building in 1971 to a much larger facility at Second and University Avenue. This building is used for county offices. It is located on East Walnut Street and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18810

Title: Public Library, Des Moines, Iowa, Public Library of Des Moines
Description: Looking southwest 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. Number 15354.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18814

Title: Public school, Alta, Iowa, High school
Description: Looking at a three-story wooden building with a bell tower. The first school building was built in 1876.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13786

Title: Residence street, Alton, Iowa, Residential street
Description: Looking at a row of residential homes in Alton, Iowa. 1910 postmark. Number 4.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14270

Title: Residence street, Center Junction, Iowa
Description: A car and a horse and buggy are stopped in the center of the dirt street. A church spire is in the left background. Center Junction was once an incorporated city starting in 1871. But, following a special election that served as a referendum on the plan, the city council voted in 2015 to sell its assets, disband, and turn administration over to the county. When the council took the action, then-Mayor Sandy Ricklefs cited the towns ailing finances as the primary reason for disbanding. Number 4.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14112

Title: Residential street, Columbus Junction, Iowa
Description: View of a dirt street and houses in Columbus Junction, Iowa. Columbus Junction began as Clifton and was renamed in 1870. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16989

Title: School for Deaf and Dumb, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Iowa State Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, Iowa School for the Deaf
Description: The Iowa Institute for the Deaf and Dumb was moved from Iowa City to Council Bluffs in 1870 because the location was readily accessible by railroads and the 80-acre tract of land was purchased for a bargain price of $1,200. The school was a self-sustaining entity with its own farm, power plant and hospital. Today it has a state-of-the-art science center and updated learning spaces. Located at 3501 Harry Langdon Blvd, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Number 21929.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18378

Title: Seven Towers, Des Moines, Iowa, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, First Methodist Episcopal Church, Central Christian Church, First Baptist Church, Temple B'Nai Jeshurun, Plymouth Congregational Church, Central Presbyterian Church
Description: Looking north from Eighth Street and Grand Avenue this area in downtown Des Moines was once known as "Piety Hill". The churches include from left to right: St. Paul's Episcopal Church built in 1885, First Methodist Episcopal Church built in 1908, Central Christian Church built in 1909, First Baptist Church built in 1851, Temple B'nai Jeshurun built in 1883, Plymouth Congregational Church built in 1902 and Central Presbyterian Church built in 1867. Number 538.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16133