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Greetings from Des Moines, Iowa
- Date
- c. 1960s
- State
- Iowa
- City
- Des Moines
- Format
- Postcard
The Des Moines name is picked out in blue and yellow against a bright ground. The view of the Iowa Capitol gives the city greeting a recognizable center.
Iowa moved its state government from Iowa City to Des Moines in 1857. The change followed settlement farther west and the push for a more central capital. The Capitol view on the postcard gives the Des Moines greeting a statewide landmark.
Sources
- Original postcard, front and back · Crumb Paper Archive
- Newberry Library · History of large-letter postcards
- Unit 3: Iowa Statehood | State Historical Society of Iowa
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