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For over the past 60 years the Reference Department of the Des Moines Public Library has kept a card file of answers that were difficult to find and likely to be requested again. Because you never know when you'll need to know which Iowa town published the first advertising calendar! Oh, and we'll be adding new stuff too - check back often.
Phickens
Bullwinkle's Name
Benedictine Bottles
First Brick House in Des Moines.
1930 was a banner year for fires in Des Moines.
