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
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
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
Burlington Bridge, Burlington, Des Moines County, IA
See also HAER NE-2 for additional documentation. Survey number: HAER IA-20
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 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
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. 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
Chapel is out, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
J154848 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Hebard-Showers Co.; April 24, 1911. Copyright claimant's address: 1905 Cottage Grove Ave., Des Moines, Iowa. No. 2.
"Camp Dodge", Des Moines, Iowa, Panoramic Photograph
J225991 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Chicago, U.S.A. This panorama was originally filmed as two separate images. Left half of image begins on frame 31225 with an overall view, followed by... More
Bungalow House, 1506 Thompson Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Significance: This is a good example of the bungalow house type that swept through the county in the 1910s and the 1920s. Although less aesthetically important than the Prairie style that was developing during... More
Ralph Rollins House, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Significance: A good example of the English Tudor revival style, the Rollins house represents the rise of the eclectic revivals that arose in the first third of the twentieth century. Survey number: HABS IA-92... More
Women holding trophies and sign "Des Moines"
Two women standing next to each other in front of a curtain, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information ... More
A black and white photo of two men on a horse drawn carriage, 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
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
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
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
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
East Locust Street Commercial District, 521-529 East Locust Street, De...
Survey number: HABS IA-143 Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 138, Des Moines, Polk C...
Significance: Built in accordance with the Quartermaster General's standard plan 198, this structure was finished on October 9, 1908, at a cost of $13,710.20. It had brick walls, a gabled slate roof with retur... More
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
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
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
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
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. 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. 87, Des Moines, Polk Co...
Significance: Building No. 87 was raised according to standard plan 139F in the Quartermaster General's office. Erected along Chafee Road to contain sixty cavalry horses used by members of the regimental band,... 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
Barney Sakulin Log House (Restoration), Old Fort Des Moines, Des Moine...
Survey number: HABS IA-106 Public domain photograph of architectural diagram, building plan, section, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
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
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
First House in Des Moines, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
Survey number: HABS IA-30-34
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
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
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
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
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
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