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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.
Anniversary Names
25th Anniversary Quartocentennial 50th Anniversary Semicentennial 75th ...... read more
First Woman in the United Stated to Get a Driver's License
Mrs. John Howell Phillips of Chicago Illinois obtained her license in 1899.
African-Americans From Iowa In World War II
1,425 African-Americans from Iowa fought in World War II.
First Female Admiral In U.S.
Bertha Duerk (full name Alene Bertha Duerk), born March 29, . 1920 in Defiance, Ohio. Director of...... read more
