http://www.livingdowntowndesmoines.com/2008/11/vintage-post-cards/ Share your experience with others Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:32:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.livingdowntowndesmoines.com/2008/11/vintage-post-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-1109 Calmuse Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:11:46 +0000 http://www.livingdowntowndesmoines.com/?p=2600#comment-1109 On the lower postcard, the tower in the center distance belongs to the Observatory Building, which at 197 feet was one of the tallest (and most modern) buildings west of the Mississippi in the very early 1900s. On the lower postcard, the tower in the center distance belongs to the Observatory Building, which at 197 feet was one of the tallest (and most modern) buildings west of the Mississippi in the very early 1900s.

]]> http://www.livingdowntowndesmoines.com/2008/11/vintage-post-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-400 tina johnson Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:39:17 +0000 http://www.livingdowntowndesmoines.com/?p=2600#comment-400 I actually have quite an assortment of old Des Moines postcards I obtained while I was in college from a collector in Lamoni and from different auctions I had attended. Very cool indeed. I actually have quite an assortment of old Des Moines postcards I obtained while I was in college from a collector in Lamoni and from different auctions I had attended. Very cool indeed.

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