Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 135, Des Moines, Polk C...
Significance: Completed on January 23, 1904, at a cost of $11,535.00, Building No. 135 conformed to the Quartermaster General's plan 55E for storehouses. The single story building was situated in an east-west ... 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
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
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
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 49, Des Moines, Polk Co...
Significance: The post chapel, erected between April and September 29, 1910, at a cost of $11,957.00 (including furniture), was built of brick joined in running bond with red-pigmented mortar on a foundation of... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 49, Des Moines, Polk Co...
Significance: The post chapel, erected between April and September 29, 1910, at a cost of $11,957.00 (including furniture), was built of brick joined in running bond with red-pigmented mortar on a foundation of... More
Court Avenue Bridge, Spanning Des Moines River, Des Moines, Polk Count...
Significance: The Court Avenue Bridge is a major river crossing for the city of Des Moines. Erected in 1918, it is an outstanding example of a structurally sound, aesthetically pleasing, and economical multipl... 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
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
Frederick Cromer House, 1053 Ninth Street, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Significance: Brick Italianate, single family home, Victorian Period, a remaining example from a once viable neighborhood. Survey number: HABS IA-135
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."
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 couple of people standing next to a grave [Untitled photo, possibly related to: Tombstone salesman, Des Moines, Iowa]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDAvMDEvMDEvdW50aXRsZWQtcGhvdG8tcG9zc2libHktcmVsYXRlZC10by10b21ic3RvbmUtc2FsZXNtYW4tZGVzLW1vaW5lcy1pb3dhLTBjYjQ4Ni0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/53/webp "A couple of people standing next to a grave [Untitled photo, possibly related to: Tombstone salesman, Des Moines, Iowa]")
A couple of people standing next to a grave [Untitled photo, possibly ...
Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More
A black and white photo of an old building, State capitol, Des Moines,...
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
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
Amusement-park ride at the annual Iowa State Fair in the capital city ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... 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
860 Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway (Cottage), Des Moines, Polk County,...
Significance: Constructed in 1891 and located near the Sherman Historic District, the architecture of this cottage is significant because it calls attention to a vernacular design influenced by Queen Anne taste... More
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 86, Des Moines, Polk Co...
Significance: This stable barn likewise followed standardized plan 139 of the Quartermaster General. It stood on Thayer Street and was completed on September 29, 1903, making it the oldest of all the existing ... More
Des Moines Art Center, Greenwood Park, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Significance: The earlier portion of the building is a major work of Eliel Saarinen near the end of his career. The construction of this building provided the City of Des Moines with an excellent art gallery. ... More
810 Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway (Cottage), Des Moines, Polk County,...
Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 135, Des Moines, Polk C...
Significance: Completed on January 23, 1904, at a cost of $11,535.00, Building No. 135 conformed to the Quartermaster General's plan 55E for storehouses. The single story building was situated in an east-west ... More
State capitol, Des Moines, Iowa
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic Capitol building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
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
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
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
Municipal Building, East First & Locust Streets, Des Moines, Polk Coun...
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Municipal Building, East First & Locust Streets, Des Moines, Polk Coun...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Frederick Cromer House, 1053 Ninth Street, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Significance: Brick Italianate, single family home, Victorian Period, a remaining example from a once viable neighborhood. Survey number: HABS IA-135
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
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
Locust St., Des Moines, Iowa
Public domain photograph - city, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
2nd U.S. Cav., Ft. Des Moines - Public domain portrait print
H110166 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; F. J. Bandholtz; May 2, 1908; DLC/PP-1908:43448. Copyright claimant's address: Des Moines, Ia. Photo no. 2.
Interurban car on Onondago Street, Ames, Iowa, 1908
Photograph shows an empty streetcar, labeled "Ft. Dodge Des Moines & Southern R. R., no. 64" parked on street in front of businesses; two men, each standing in front and back doorway. Published by The Bosworth ... More
Fleming Building, Walnut & Sixth Streets, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Significance: Reflecting the regional influence of Chicago toward original architecture, the Fleming building typifies the Chicago style in massing, proportion and fenestration. Survey number: HABS IA-90 Buil... More
Main Street looking south, Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Ia.
J226206 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Waterloo Photo Co.; November 12, 1917; DLC/PP-1917:45578. Printed under title: "Approved by command of Maj. Gen. Plummer; P. R. Morrissey, 1st Lieut. of Cav., As... More
Temporary Capitol (Second State Capitol), Site of Soldiers & Sailors M...
Survey number: HABS IA-30 The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which include... More
An Iowa farm scene. Fifteen miles north of Des Moines, Iowa
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, farmhouse, pasture, farm field, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Civil liberties in war times by Max Lerner City wide forum.
Poster for a lecture by Max Lerner at Roosevelt High, Des Moines, Iowa, showing an armored guantlet clenched in a fist. Date stamped on verso: Jan 22 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Librar... More
Farmers examine new corn picker 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
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. These three WAACs are shown with their g...
Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Terrace Hill, 2300 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Carol M. Highsmith - Capitol building, Des Moines, Iowa
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
One of several Great Depression-era murals mounted in the World Food P...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Often referred to as W.P.A. murals, because the artists who created them between 1937 and 1941 were paid by the job-creating New Deal ... More
One of several Great Depression-era murals mounted in the World Food P...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Often referred to as W.P.A. murals, because the artists who created them between 1937 and 1941 were paid by the job-creating New Deal ... More
Scene from the downtown Des Moines, Iowa, parade marking the opening o...
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 marble and granite Grand Staircase in the Iowa State Capitol in De...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The two lighted statues at the foot of the of the staircase were originally gaslit. These statues were commissioned for the Illinois C... More
Amid the welter of amusement rides and sideshow attractions, food boot...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First organized in 1854 in the town of Fairfield, the event, held over 11 days and attended by more than 1 million Iowans and visitors... More
Prize corncobs inside the 4-H pavilion at the annual Iowa State Fair i...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. 4-H is a global network of youth organizations whose mission is "engaging youth to reach their fullest potential. Its name is a refere... 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, 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
Burlington Bridge, Burlington, Des Moines County, IA
See also HAER NE-2 for additional documentation. Survey number: HAER IA-20
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
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic Capitol building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 127, Des Moines, Polk C...
Significance: This structure followed plan 139Q in the Quartermaster General's Office. It cost $15,667.00 to erect and was completed on November 19, 1910, with brick walls, limestone and concrete water table f... More