This photo by W.L. Baird is labeled as number 2. It shows the Mercy Hospital Graduating Class of nurses as well as the class of students enrolled in the nurses training program at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa
The highway was constructed in 1929, same time as· the
picture in Ia-985 . The back slope was 2 to 1, however.
The same seeding and treatment were used in both places .
Note the lack of erosion and good growth of vegetation
as compared wiith…