Grain elevators and other buildings with tracks running in between. Sign for Alta on a short wooden pole. "[V]iew looks E. [Ro]n Sims photo, [27]17 Cornell, [D.M.] IA 50313"--Photograph verso.
Two story wooden depot. Grain elevator behind. "DM&CI station at Altoona abandoned. Photo taken by Ronald D. Sims, 4207 Bowdoin St., Des Moines 13, Iowa"--Photograph verso.
Metal shed with sign for Altoona. Railroad cars on tracks. Water tower in background with sign for Altoona. "Depot bldg. @ this location torn down Fall 1986. View looks S. Ronald D. Sims, 2717 Cornell St., Des Moines, Iowa 50313, Railroad…
