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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: Post office, Dunlap, Iowa
Description: Looking north at a one story stone building. Located at 719 Iowa Avenue, Dunlap, Harrison County, Iowa. Number E64E.
PID: grinnell:16820

Title: Post office, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking east from Broad Street. Flagpole in background. Work on the post office began in late summer of 1916 with the present structure being dedicated in the fall of 1917. It is an example of Palladian Revival architecture. Number 878.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:14490

Title: North Star Mill, American Cereal Company, Post office, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking southeast. Flagpole in foreground. Work on the post office began in late summer of 1916 with the present structure being dedicated in the fall of 1917. It is an example of Palladian Revival architecture. Grinnell is known as the City of Beauties, and is the home of Grinnell College.--photo verso. Number 65675. Series G-7 and 409-D-7.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:14491

Title: Postcard from Wakefield State Bank to Merchants National Bank
Description: Stamped one cent postcard to Merchants National Bank, Grinnell, Iowa, from Wakefield State Bank, Wakefield, Nebraska, confirming receipt of a collection notice. Postmarked October 3, 1890, Wakefield, Nebraska. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1890
PID: grinnell:6362

Title: Postcard from Chemical National Bank to Merchants National Bank
Description: Postcard from Chemical National Bank, New York City, to Merchants National Bank, Grinnell, Iowa. Postmarked New York, July 24, 1890, and received Grinnell, Iowa, July 26, 1890. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1890
PID: grinnell:6265

Title: Postcards concerning Bert Pilgrim's Health
Description: Two postcards addressed to Mrs. J.H. Parratt (Minnie) in Fremont, Nebraska from her sister, Elizabeth Blakely, in Grinnell, Iowa, discussing the health of their brother-in-law, Bert Pilgrim. The first postcard is dated April 8, 1903, and the second is dated April 13, 1903. Bert Pilgrim was the widower of their sister, Mary Sulser Pilgrim who died May 3, 1902. Bert died on April 15, 1903.
Date Created: 1903
PID: grinnell:17767