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| Title | 37th Street, Gardner Cowles Residence |
| Alternative Title | Residence of Gardner Cowles |
| Date of Photograph | 1914 |
| Description | This house on 37th Street was built in 1909 and is still standing. It was the home of Gardner Cowles and his wife Florence. Mr. Cowles was a banker, publisher and politician. He served two terms as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives. In 1903 Mr. Cowles purchased the Register and Leader Company, starting his family's publishing and media empire. Drake University conferred upon Mr. Cowles the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. In 1937 the Gardner Cowles Foundation donated funds for Cowles Library, Drake's main library. Mr. Cowles passed away in 1946. |
| Date of Construction | 1909 |
| Address | 100 37th St.
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| Current image | Click on the link below to view the Polk County Assessor's current image of the structure. (You will leave the Drake site, use your browser's back button to return to this page): http://www.assess.co.polk.ia.us/cgi-bin/seephoto/photosize.cgi?gp=782407176022&size=Medium |
| Subject | Houses
Trees
Bicycles & tricycles
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| Original Item ID | v. 1, p. 3 |
| Repository | Special Collections, Cowles Library -- Drake University. |
| Repository Collection | Art Work of Des Moines -- Book One
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| Original Item Description | Photographic print, 4.5 x 7 in. |
| Date Digital | 2005/04/25 |
| Restrictions | 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 |
| Publisher | Chicago, Il. : Gravure Illustration Co. |
| File # | dm0004 |
| Type | Image |
