Automobiles, trolley cars, and horse drawn carriages all shared the road on Walnut Street in downtown Des Moines. On the left is the original Kirkwood Hotel, replaced in 1930 by the current building. On the right is a variety of clothing, and dry…
The Golf and Country Club was organized in October 1897. The club offered golf, tennis, archery, baseball, bowling, trap-shooting and cards. Originally organized on a 40 acre piece of land near Ingersoll Park, the club moved west to a 100 acre tract…
This house on Grand Avenue was the home of Carl J. Kurtz and his wife Nellie. Mr. Kurtz was the president of Norman Lichty Manufacturing Co. The house is no longer standing. Current site of an apartment complex.
Built in 1912 for Henry and Carrie Wallace, this house still stands on 37th street. Mr. Wallace was General Manager of the Wallace Publishing Co., and President of the North Western Live Stock Insurance Company. Mr. Wallace went on to serve as…
Single story wooden depot with sign for Ankeny. Railroad car on railroad tracks. Truck between depot and railroad car. "Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Souther train number 5 from Des Moines arrives at Ankeny, Iowa. Electric line. James A. Williams,…
Single story depot with sign for Hamburg with automobiles parked in front. Railroad cars on tracks to left of depot. Two railroad employees standing next to cars. Bus parked to right of depot. "Home of the Interstate Nursery. Burlington station and…
Single story wooden depot with junk piled in front and an old car parked next to it. "[Bur]lington ex-depot now a junk yard. Old depot...Cincinnati, Iowa was abandoned between [S]edan, Iowa and Unionville, MO. [T]he Railway Guide of 1950 lists…
Hal Wells was the driver of the Spaulding racer, a lightweight two-passenger wooden body on a stock chassis, during the October 1913 River to River Road race. Photo shows Wells driving on 4th Avenue, Grinnell, Iowa during the race in which a world's…
This picture is taken from the corner of 4th and Spring. The Spaulding factory came into the possession of the Spaulding company in 1876. It suffered through a tornado in 1882 when the "factory was virtually demolished" according to the Des Moines…
