Marketing produce: Run jointly by Jr. & Sr. Centr. Div., Des Moines
Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: A.R.C. Group title: Junior Red Cross, U.S. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944... More
State Capitol of Iowa. Exterior of Iowa State Capitol from distance
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Public forum - H. Duncan Hall, former high official of the League of N...
Poster announcing a public forum in Des Moines, Iowa. Date stamped on verso: Nov 8 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).
The Pursuit of Happiness - Public domain poster, Music division, Libra...
The Federal Theatre div of WPA presents The Pursuit of Happiness by Armina Marshall Langer and Lawrence Langer April 15-16-17-18 curtain 8:30 President Theatre Main Floor 55c (tax incl.)40c 25c First Ba... More
Judging Shropshire sheep. Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, Iowa
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Parking ground at Iowa State Fair. Des Moines, Iowa
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Parked cars, Des Moines, Iowa. Farm Security Administartion 1930s publ...
Print in microfilmed lot misnumbered 1865-M5. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More inform... More
Des Moines, Iowa. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public domain pho...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Threshing machine. State capitol. Des Moines, Iowa
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Conservatory of the Greater Des Moines Botanical Gardens in Des Moines...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
A sculpture of two people sitting on a bench This sculpture by artist ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
Colorful balloons delight the assembled crowd with a night glow as pil...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
den Hartog House, 2210 Army Post Road, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
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Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 123, Des Moines, Polk C...
Significance: This stable barn adhered to standardized building plan 37G in the office of the Quartermaster General. Completed on October 29, 1903, after an expenditure of $7,754.10, the building had red brick... More
Jefferson Street Viaduct, Spanning Des Moines River at U.S. Highway 63...
Significance: As one of Iowa's most handsomely proportioned highway trusses, the Jefferson Viaduct a continuous Warren deck truss is technologically noteworthy as an uncommon application of deck truss techn... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 46, Des Moines, Polk Co...
Significance: This structure, completed on November 17, 1904, at a cost of $35,456.87, is one of the oldest surviving buildings at Fort Des Moines. Originally erected to house ten bachelor officers, the struct... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 46, Des Moines, Polk Co...
Significance: This structure, completed on November 17, 1904, at a cost of $35,456.87, is one of the oldest surviving buildings at Fort Des Moines. Originally erected to house ten bachelor officers, the struct... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More
Burlington Bridge, Burlington, Des Moines County, IA
See also HAER NE-2 for additional documentation. Survey number: HAER IA-20
State capitol, Des Moines, Iowa
Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
M. A. Lumbard House, 1059 Ninth Street, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Significance: Large frame Circa 1885 residence is a representative example remaining from a once viable neighborhood. Survey number: HABS IA-136
Southeast Fourteenth Street Bridge, Spanning Des Moines River at U.S. ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 61-62, Des Moines, Pol...
Significance: This double two-story unit, identical in construction to those discussed previously, fronted on Gruber Street and the south side of the parade ground. The structure cost $58,551.73 when completed... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 61-62, Des Moines, Pol...
Significance: This double two-story unit, identical in construction to those discussed previously, fronted on Gruber Street and the south side of the parade ground. The structure cost $58,551.73 when completed... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 47, Des Moines, Polk Co...
Significance: The Cavalry Drill Hall, wherein Fort Des Moines cavalrymen practiced equestrian formations, stood behind Building No. 46 of the northeast corner of the parade. It was completed on April 2, 1907. ... More
Kilbourn Bridge, Spanning Des Moines River, Kilbourn, Van Buren County...
Significance: The Kilbourn Bridge is significant as the first large-scale engineering project undertaken by the Iowa State Highway Commission and one of the only pin-connected truss designs used by the ISHC pri... More
Kilbourn Bridge, Spanning Des Moines River, Kilbourn, Van Buren County...
Significance: The Kilbourn Bridge is significant as the first large-scale engineering project undertaken by the Iowa State Highway Commission and one of the only pin-connected truss designs used by the ISHC pri... More
Kilbourn Bridge, Spanning Des Moines River, Kilbourn, Van Buren County...
Significance: The Kilbourn Bridge is significant as the first large-scale engineering project undertaken by the Iowa State Highway Commission and one of the only pin-connected truss designs used by the ISHC pri... More
Kilbourn Bridge, Spanning Des Moines River, Kilbourn, Van Buren County...
Significance: The Kilbourn Bridge is significant as the first large-scale engineering project undertaken by the Iowa State Highway Commission and one of the only pin-connected truss designs used by the ISHC pri... More
Southwest Fifth Street Bridge, Spanning Raccoon River at Southwest Fif...
Significance: The Southwest Fifth Street Bridge ranks among Iowa's most significant vehicular spans. It is one of Iowa's few remaining pinned Pratt through trusses with three or more spans. As one of only thr... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 68, Des Moines, Polk Co...
Significance: This structure stood almost directly south of Building No. 66 and consisted of a stable barn for cavalry mounts. Completed on February 24, 1905, at a cost of $14,843.10, the building rested on a ... More
MacArthur Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River on Highway 34 between IA ...
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MacArthur Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River on Highway 34 between IA ...
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MacArthur Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River on Highway 34 between IA ...
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Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 63-64, Des Moines, Pol...
Significance: This structure stands to the west of the preceding building, along Gruber Street and fronting the south side of the Fort Des Moines parade ground. Built according to the Quartermaster General's P... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 58, Des Moines, Polk Co...
Public domain photograph of office, auditorium, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 81, Des Moines, Polk Co...
Significance: This stable barn, finished on January 23, 1904, conformed with plan 139 in the Quartermaster General's Office and was erected at a cost of $16,015.71. Fronting on Thayer Street, the structure was... More
Eveland Bridge, Spanning Des Moines River at 285th Street, Oskaloosa, ...
Significance: The Eveland Bridge is a rare example of a multiple-span Whipple truss bridge. A less common variation on the Pratt truss, the Whipple truss was seldom used for wagon trusses in Iowa, and only sev... More
Constables the Des Moines Searchers and Advance Guard of the Fighting ...
Photograph shows group portrait of constables: Thomas Chapman, John Marian, Frank Blyler, Joseph Mercer, Frank Pierce, O.C. West, George Hanson, G.B. Hamilton, George Cleggett and G.W. Potts [posed with bloodho... More
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Viaduct, Spanning Des Moines River at ...
Significance: This bridge is one of the last projects of noted bridge engineer George Morison, who died two years after the structure was built. The bridge was the longest and heaviest viaduct of its time, and... More
Wagon Bridge, Spanning Des Moines River, Boone, Boone County, IA
Significance: This bridge is one of the few remaining large-scale wagon trusses in Iowa. A locally important crossing of a major river, it is one of the few multiple span pin-connected Pratt trusses remaining ... More
Wagon Bridge, Spanning Des Moines River, Boone, Boone County, IA
Significance: This bridge is one of the few remaining large-scale wagon trusses in Iowa. A locally important crossing of a major river, it is one of the few multiple span pin-connected Pratt trusses remaining ... More
Wagon Bridge, Spanning Des Moines River, Boone, Boone County, IA
Significance: This bridge is one of the few remaining large-scale wagon trusses in Iowa. A locally important crossing of a major river, it is one of the few multiple span pin-connected Pratt trusses remaining ... More
Equitable Life Assurance Company Building, 605 Locust Street, Des Moin...
Significance: The Equitable Life Assurance Company Building, designed in 1891 by a prominent Boston firm, exemplifies the late nineteenth century design and construction technology developed for large commercia... More
832 Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway (Cottage), Des Moines, Polk County,...
Significance: Constructed in 1899 and located near the Sherman Hill Historic District, the architecture of this cottage is significant because it calls attention to a vernacular design influenced by Queen Anne ... More
Open Spandrel Bridge, Hawkeye Avenue, spanning Des Moines River, Fort ...
Significance: The Hawkeye Avenue Bridge is a well-preserved example of an open spandrel reinforced concrete arch bridge. The bridge was designed by the Fort Dodge City Engineer, C.H. Reynolds, and constructed ... More
Open Spandrel Bridge, Hawkeye Avenue, spanning Des Moines River, Fort ...
Significance: The Hawkeye Avenue Bridge is a well-preserved example of an open spandrel reinforced concrete arch bridge. The bridge was designed by the Fort Dodge City Engineer, C.H. Reynolds, and constructed ... More
Open Spandrel Bridge, Hawkeye Avenue, spanning Des Moines River, Fort ...
Significance: The Hawkeye Avenue Bridge is a well-preserved example of an open spandrel reinforced concrete arch bridge. The bridge was designed by the Fort Dodge City Engineer, C.H. Reynolds, and constructed ... More
Sixth Street Viaduct, Spanning Burlington Northern Railroad & Valley S...
Significance: The Sixth Street Viaduct is actually comprised of two separate structures: a pin-connected Pratt truss built over the tracks of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in 1886 and a girder ove... More
Sixth Street Viaduct, Spanning Burlington Northern Railroad & Valley S...
Significance: The Sixth Street Viaduct is actually comprised of two separate structures: a pin-connected Pratt truss built over the tracks of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in 1886 and a girder ove... More
Sixth Street Viaduct, Spanning Burlington Northern Railroad & Valley S...
Significance: The Sixth Street Viaduct is actually comprised of two separate structures: a pin-connected Pratt truss built over the tracks of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in 1886 and a girder ove... More
Bird's eye view of the city of Des Moines, the capital of Iowa 1868.
Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 212 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. and index to points of interest. Vault AACR2: 100; 6... More
First House in Des Moines, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Survey number: HABS IA-30-34
Sherwood Eddy, author and lecturer, will discuss "America and the worl...
Poster announcing a public forum to be held at North High, Des Moines, Iowa, at which Sherwood Eddy will discuss "America and the world crisis."
It Can't Happen Here - Public domain poster, Music division, Library o...
Text on Poster: The Federal Theater Presents Div. of W.P.A. Sinclair Lewis’ It Can’t Happen here President theatre May 6-7-8-9 All Seats Reserved Main Floor 55c 40c 25c Tax Incl. Balcony 40c 25c Fed. A... More
Audience at old-time fiddlers' contest. Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, I...
Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Parking ground at Iowa State Fair. Des Moines, Iowa
Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Demonstration plot of hybrid corn planted at Iowa State Fair. Des Moin...
Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Two children standing in front of a large building, Iowa. Farm Securit...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
A black and white photo of a man on a horse drawn carriage, Iowa. Farm...
Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
WAACS. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in a classroom after their march d...
Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Dairy queen ice cream sign, Des Moines, Iowa
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library ... More
Artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen's whimsical "Plantoir" ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
Shortly after landing, colorful balloons delight the assembled crowd w...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
British artist Gary Hume's two statues, identical in dimensions, in De...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More
The Pursuit of Happiness - theatrical playbill, public domain image
President Theatre (venue) A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other ... More
den Hartog House, 2210 Army Post Road, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Public domain photograph of a post office building, postal service, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jefferson Street Viaduct, Spanning Des Moines River at U.S. Highway 63...
Significance: As one of Iowa's most handsomely proportioned highway trusses, the Jefferson Viaduct a continuous Warren deck truss is technologically noteworthy as an uncommon application of deck truss techn... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 55-56, Des Moines, Pol...
Significance: Located on the south side of the parade ground, near the southeast corner, this two-story structure of Classical Revival style was completed on September 29, 1903, costing $59,806.94. Of brick jo... More
East Locust Street Commercial District, Nielsen,Gehrke, & Hansen Cloth...
Significance: This building was first used as retail store and contributes to the last remaining cluster of Victorian commercial buildings in Des Moines. This Victorian Italianate commercial structure is in a ... More
East Locust Street Commercial District, Nielsen,Gehrke, & Hansen Cloth...
Significance: This building was first used as retail store and contributes to the last remaining cluster of Victorian commercial buildings in Des Moines. This Victorian Italianate commercial structure is in a ... More
S. S. Brinsmaid House, Grand Avenue & Thirty-sixth Street, Des Moines,...
Significance: Earliest known Prairie Style house in Iowa. Survey number: HABS IA-67
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 152, Des Moines, Polk C...
Significance: Building No. 152 stands in a north-south alignment off the southeast corner of the parade, east of Chaffee Street and not far from Wood Circle. Completed on April 10, 1908, the structure cost $2,... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More
Burlington Bridge, Burlington, Des Moines County, IA
See also HAER NE-2 for additional documentation. Survey number: HAER IA-20
Polk County Courthouse, Fifth & Court Streets, Courthouse Square, Des ...
Significance: The Polk County Courthouse is a good example in Iowa of the Classical Revival style. Survey number: HABS IA-93 Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction
Judge Charles Mason House, 931 North Sixth Street, Burlington, Des Moi...
Significance: This Second Empire style house was built for Judge Charles Mason, first chief justice of the Iowa Territory Supreme Court. Survey number: HABS IA-30-3 Building/structure dates: ca. 1866 Initial ... More
Windsor Purity Candy Company, 125-129 Second Avenue, Des Moines, Polk ...
Significance: The building was built by The Purity Candy Company, which reincorporated and added the name "Windsor" to the firm. The building was first used as a candy factory specializing in "Purity" chocolat... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 59-60, Des Moines, Pol...
Significance: This structure stands along the south side of the parade next to Building No. 58. Completed on November 15, 1904, the 200-man double barracks cost $58,551.73 to erect and was built of red brick j... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 59-60, Des Moines, Pol...
Significance: This structure stands along the south side of the parade next to Building No. 58. Completed on November 15, 1904, the 200-man double barracks cost $58,551.73 to erect and was built of red brick j... More
M. A. Lumbard House, 1059 Ninth Street, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Significance: Large frame Circa 1885 residence is a representative example remaining from a once viable neighborhood. Survey number: HABS IA-136
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 7, Des Moines, Polk Cou...
Significance: Building No. 7, situated along the west side of the parade ground northwest of Allen Circle, is the only structure remaining of the several officers' quarters that once existed there. Completed o... More
Southeast Fourteenth Street Bridge, Spanning Des Moines River at U.S. ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a river, water stream, lake or pond, park or forest, natural landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
2019 Woodland Avenue (Cottage), Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Significance: Constructed circa 1897 and located near the Sherman Hill Historic District, the architecture of this cottage is significant because it calls attention to a vernacular design, eclectically influenc... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 65-66, Des Moines, Pol...
Significance: This two-story building stood on the west end of the line of barracks fronting on Gruber Street and the south side of the parade ground. Virtually identical in all respects to the other structure... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 122, Des Moines, Polk C...
Significance: This single story structure, completed on December 31, 1907, and costing $3,165.00, stood near Rogers Road in the complex of quartermaster buildings. It had brick walls in running bond, a slate g... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 47, Des Moines, Polk Co...
Significance: The Cavalry Drill Hall, wherein Fort Des Moines cavalrymen practiced equestrian formations, stood behind Building No. 46 of the northeast corner of the parade. It was completed on April 2, 1907. ... More
Barlow Granger House, Pioneer Park, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2 Survey number: HABS IA-30-15
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 14-15, Des Moines, Pol...
Significance: This double structure, built originally to accommodate two junior grade officers and their families, was completed January 9, 1909, at a cost of $22,758.97. It stands at the west end of the north... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 83, Des Moines, Polk Co...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
MacArthur Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River on Highway 34 between IA ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
MacArthur Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River on Highway 34 between IA ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Cascade Bridge, Spanning Cascade Ravine at South Main Street, Burlingt...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
East Locust Street Commercial District, Garton Bakery & Confectionery,...
Significance: Built as a retail store; contributes to the last remaining cluster of Victorian commercial buildings in Des Moines. Survey number: HABS IA-143-B