Marquardt Block Including a Wholesale Jewelry Store

ID: 170 ~ Source: Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Sanborn Map Company, 1891. Map ~ Digital source: Library of Congress ~ Date: 1891
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Marquardt Block Including a Wholesale Jewelry Store

According to the Annals of Iowa, in 1890 William Morrison had a lab under the Lombardi Jewelry store on the west side of 5th Stree between Locust and Grand Avenue. This image shows a wholesale jewelry store at 408-410 W. 5th Street.

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Subject

Urban Planning and Design

Publisher

Sanborn Map Company

Language

English

Type

Image
This file appears in: Automobile Industry in Des Moines

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