Commissioned by the President’s Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership. Edited by John M. Gries and James Ford. This is one of the series of eleven books written for “Publications of the Presidents Conference on Home Building and Home...
The Communicator Newspaper, a Central Iowa Weekly founded in 1985, by line: “A New Multicultural Experience” This is a Black American newspaper. This is volume 4, no. 10. May 1-15, 1990 front page article: “Five Point Plan to Deal With...
The image on this postcard depicts a small train, possibly a coal train, winding in back of a small group of homes. Since the postcard was created in Albia Iowa, it is possible that the scene is of Albia or...
Photograph with early cars and horse-drawn carriages driving down a wide dirt street. Caption on front says: “West Main Street, Cherokee, Ia.” We see church spires and around the corner to the left we can glimpse a sign on a...
A parade in Des Moines Iowa in a residential neighborhood, with men walking, some in uniform, some in suits, carrying large drums or signs which are now illegible or have unusual graphic marks. Someone has written on the back: “Des...
On a modest looking intersection an strange block stands out on the sidewalk. A caption on the right at the top of the image says “Old Slave Block, Fredericksburg, VA.” The backside of the postcard has the caption: “Old Slave...
This postcard shows a photograph of a cluster of buildings situated by a railroad with a small train and mining hills. Back: printed on the left edge: Young’s Photo Parlors 19 1/2 South Clinton St., Albia, Iowa. The correspondence is...
Photo of the Iowa State capitol building with a street car. The photo is the size of a CDV. Back: written in pencil: “Iowa State Capitol, 1912”
Photo shows a line of elephants and riders walking down a street next to buildings. Someone has written “Carroll IA 1918” on the bottom of the photo. Back: Black paper adheres to photo, showing that it was torn from an...
snapshot-style photo postcard showing two casually dressed Black men strolling on city street past shops. Printed on the front of card is a drawing of an ear of corn and city-scape and the words “Des Moines, Iowa”. The back of...
Front photo shows rural dirt road, two Black children on opposities of the road, and a white building over which is hand- written “Post Office.” At the bottom of the phot, in white, it says “P.O. Looking East, Buxton, IA.”...
A b/w photo showing a completely burnt out area of buildings–no roofs, no windows, nothing inside. The image was published in a Spanish language newspaper. A strip of newsprint stapled to the photograph says: “Detroit Julio (AP)–Totalmente consumidas por el...
Postcard photo shows a group of men posing in front of the Des Moines Daily News and Jones Bros Buildings. In the back, left is a tent that says “Theatre.” Back: the back is blank, and divided.
This photo postcard is titled “Kangaroo Court, Bellevue, Iowa” at the bottom of the image. Photo shows an animated crowd of men on a wooden sidewalk, participating in an event and several young boys watch them and a young Black...
The cover of this paperback mustard-yellow, 148 page directory Information on General Electric Appliances Manager Carrie Buford The first page states: “Introduction. The P.C. Doss & Co., wishes to introduce to the City of Omaha, the 19947-1948 Edition of the...
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