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Sixth Avenue Looking South

Sixth Avenue Looking South

Title

Sixth Avenue Looking South
Sixth Avenue Looking South, Des Moines

Description

This view looks south down Sixth Avenue from Locust Street. Automobiles, trolley cars and horse drawn carriages all crowd the road. On the right are housed Higgin’s Pharmacy, the State Insurance Company and Boston Market. Beyond that is Utica Clothiers. The tall building on the right is the Fleming Building. The tall building on the left is the old Citizen’s National Bank Building. The Fleming Building still stands and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Source

Special Collections, Cowles Library -- Drake University.

Publisher

Chicago, Il. : S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.

Date

1911
2005/06/02

Rights

U.S. and International copyright laws protect this digital image. Commercial use or distribution of the image is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. For permission to use the digital image, please contact: bart.schmidt@drake.edu

Relation

History of Des Moines and Polk County Iowa

Format

Photographic print, 6 x 8 in.

Type

Image

Identifier

v. 1, p. 608
dm0221
http://ddr.lib.drake.edu/u?/du-hdm,208

Coverage

Sixth Avenue