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Looking north on Sixth Avenue showing New Hippee Looking north on Sixth Avenue showing New Hippee Building

Looking north on Sixth Avenue showing New Hippee Looking north on Sixth Avenue showing New Hippee Building

Title

Looking north on Sixth Avenue showing New Hippee Looking north on Sixth Avenue showing New Hippee Building

Description

Looking North on Sixth Avenue Showing New Hippee Building, Des Moines, Iowa.
Sixth Avenue showing a busy street with streetcars and carriages, as well as people on foot. The New Hippee Building looms in the background, 12 stories high with yellow brick and white trim.
Correspondence: Des Moines Aug 24. 1915 / Dear Friend: We are here / now waiting for the train. / We have went through seven / buildings so we are tired / now. We were at the top / of the Capitol it was so / many stairs to climb. / I will write you again / when I get home. Lovingly / Amanda Danbern Address: Miss Anna Napten / 311 Marshall St / Boone / Iowa / c/o Dr. E.M. Myers.

Date

ca. 1915

Rights

The postcards in this collection were printed and posted before 1923. The Des Moines Public Library has determined, to the best of its knowledge, that this postcard and its text is in the public domain.

Format

8.5x13.7 cm
Postcard

Language

EN

Identifier

Des Moines Public Library Postcard Collection, Central Library Special Collections
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Streets and Commercial Buildings
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