Santa Claus Delivering Toys

This image of Santa Claus and his sleigh appeared on the front page of the Des Moines Tribune, Christmas Day, 1925. (I colored and touched up the black and white artwork)

The Doo Dads Reach Candy Land

Does anyone else see the beginnings of Dr. Seuss in this image and story?

The Doo Dads reach Candy Land

The dudes had to leave the land of the long-legged Doo Dads without finding any reason for their long legs. They scrambled back into their machine and started in the quest of new adventures.

They were chattering away and laughing merrily when they began to wrinkle up their stubby noses, and altogether they said, “What is that I smell?

(Colored image from the Des Moines Tribune. February 25, 1922)

Alice Finn Miss Popularity Winner 1927

Alice Finn of Des Moines, Iowa, won the 1927 popularity contest hosted by the Publix Theaters. She played several parts in the theater’s shows, and appeared on stage in, “In Dutch.”

Pencil drawing of an image published in the Des Moines Register on July 8, 1928,

Boone Iowa High School Class of 1890

 

Boone High School class of 1890.

Back row: John Goeppinger, Omar Mann.
Third girl from left: Mrs. C. Canfield.
Bottom row: W. W. Goodykoonts, Mrs. H. T. Cook, Arthur Crary, and Fred Crary.

(Photo from the Des Moines Register. April 24, 1927)

Fourth Street Sioux City, Iowa 1910

Sioux City, Iowa. Fourth Street, looking east from Pierce. (circa 1910). Nice view of trolleys and horse and buggies sharing the street with pedestrians.

Downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa Circa 1910

Downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with a birds-eye view of the Quaker Oats plant. (from a vintage postcard, circa 1910)

Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa. Circa 1910

 

Washington Street in Iowa City, Iowa. (from a vintage postcard, circa 1910)

Main Street Dubuque, Iowa Circa 1920s

Main Street, looking north from Eighth Street. Dubuque, Iowa. (cira 1920s, from a vintage postcard)

Davenport Writers Group

 

Members of the Davenport Writers Group engaged in a heated literary discussion. left to right: Arthur Davison Ficke, Floyd Dell, Suasan Glaspell, and George Cram Cook.

Des Moines Baseball Team 1906

Des Moines baseball team, 1906..

Top row, left to right: Ben Caffyn, M. E. Cantillion, Louis Mauske.

Second row: Babe Towne, Andreas, George Hogreiver, Mike Welday, Roscoe Miller.

Lower Row: Charles Dexter, George Magoon, Frank O’Leary, Bill Shipke, Eddie Cicotte, Grover Gillen.

Upper right corner.: John J. Doyle, captain and manager.

(From the Des Moines Register. September 2, 1906)