Audio Visual Materials

Anderson, Tad. “Crews Load Historic Gas Station on Moving Truck Again.” KCCI, 5 November 2014. Accessed 6 December 2023. https://www.kcci.com/article/crews-load-historic-gas-station-on-moving-truck-again/6899119.

“ArchitTreasures Polk County Courthouse Restoration.” Iowa Architectural Foundation. YouTube video, 12 November 2021. Accessed 21 September 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kppD5i6T-Cw.

“Back to School, Part 1.” Little House on the Prairie. Season 6, episode 1. Directed and written by Michael Landon. Originally aired on September 17, 1979, on NBC. Lions Gate, DVD, 2007. 45 min.

Borzage, Frank, director. Desire. With Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, and John Haliday. Universal, 2016. DVD, 125 min.

Booth, Marlene, director. Yidl in the Middle: Growing Up Jewish in Iowa. New Day Films, 1999.

Bogan, Lucille. “Shave ‘Em Dry.” Shave ‘Em Dry: The Best of Lucille Bogan. Compact disc. 2009. 58 min.

Brewton, Cecil H., Jr. Interview by Kim Poam Logan. The History of Jazz on Center Street in Des Moines, Iowa. YouTube video, 23 October 2013. Accessed 14 January 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCNDAxKgvfE.

Capra, Frank, director. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. With Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, and George Bancroft. Sony, 2008. DVD, 115 min.

CaptainComedia. “Hollywood on Parade – Durante, Vallee, Stooges, Turpin (1934).” YouTube video, 19 September 2009. Accessed 17 March 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krjxg-d02ZI.

Classicos do Cinema. “Trailer – The Crusades -as Crusades – 1935 Full HD.” YouTube video, April 2023. Accessed 28 April 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8sUDfsf3Bc.

Cummings, Irving, director. Poor Little Rich Girl. Featuring Shirley Temple, Alice Faye, Gloria Stuart, Jack Haley, and Michel Whalen. La Entertainment, 2021. DVD, 72 min.

Eikleberry, Sarah. “Camping While Black: African American Experiences in Iowa Summer Camps, 1925–1950.” History 101. Iowa State Historical Society. Zoom lecture. Accessed January 13, 2022.

Health Safety Environment University. “What A 1930 Car Crash Looks Like vs 2024 Crash.” YouTube video, 6 November 2024. Accessed 28 September 2025. https://youtu.be/5X2OkQjGZuc?si=cLK31bSlctm5vvTq.

Highland Park Business District, 1930s (Des Moines, Iowa). Highland Park Business District. 2003. DVD, 25 min.

Kaste, Martin. “It’s A Complicated Relationship Between Prosecutors, Police.” NPR, 4 December 2014. Accessed 13 September 2020. https://www.npr.org/2014/12/04/368529402/its-a-complicated-relationship-between-prosecutors-police.

Knight Jiu-Jitsu. “Five Chokes Everyone Needs to Know (Well, Five-ish anyway), Jiu-Jitsu Fundamentals.” YouTube video, 26 November 2019. Accessed 17 February 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrWZLEJLOmo.

Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines. “Morton Bookey – The Wakonda Deal.” Jewish Oral Histories. 2024. Accessed 21 October 2024. https://www.jewishdesmoines.org/our-pillars/iowa-jewish-historical-society/jewish-oral-histories/#.

“Nash Promotional Film – 1932 – 1939.” Oldsmobile Garage. YouTube video, 13 June 2021. Accessed 21 August 2025. https://youtu.be/aSWG9WNL0jA?si=f2U-4v_wK3rLuVBn.

Racconti della Vecchia Hollywood. “Carole Lombard and George Raft, Bolero, 1934.” YouTube video, 14 August 2022. Accessed 17 March 2024. https://youtu.be/tMfdOkQZMLU?si=X2JX1aWznfcopL1C.

Sternberg, Josef von, director. Morocco. With Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, and Adolphe Menjou. Universal, n.d. DVD, 92 min.

Thorpe, Richard, George B. Seitz, and William A. Wellman, directors. Tarzan Escapes. Featuring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O’Sullivan. In The Tarzan Collection. Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 2005. DVD, 8 hr. 47 min.

Van Dyke, W.S., director. San Francisco. With Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy, Jack Holt, and Jessie Ralph. Studio Services, 2006. DVD, 115 min.

Watchwinder. “My Man Godfrey Outtakes and Bloopers.” YouTube video, 2 January 2008. Accessed 1 March 2024. https://youtu.be/RAP4qU4wJ8E?si=syeQ9lLDthm3F0_4.

Books

Adams, Ansel. The Camera. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1980.

Alex, Tom. Behind the Badge: Stories and Pictures from the DMPD. Des Moines, IA: Des Moines Police Burial Association, 1999.

Anderson, Joan Wester. Forever Young: The Authorized Biography of Loretta Young. Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 2000.

Barrie, J. M. Peter Pan. 1911. Reprint, New York: HarperCollins, 2003.

Berlatsky, Noah. Wonder Woman: Bondage and Feminism in the Marston/Peter Comics, 1941–1948. Newark, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2015.

Billin, Mildred Grosberg. The Jewish Cookbook. New York: Bloch Publishing Company, 1946.

Black, Shirley Temple. Child Star: An Autobiography. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1988.

Bonanos, Christopher. Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2018.

Butler, Don. Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg. Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International Publishers, 1992.

Byrne, Robert. McGoorty: A Pool Room Hustler. New York: Broadway Books, 2004.

Chambers, Chuck. The Private Investigator’s Handbook. New York: Penguin Books, 2005.

Chambers, Marcia. The Unplayable Lie: The Untold Story of Women and Discrimination in American Golf. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1995.

Code of Iowa. Des Moines: State of Iowa, 1931. §§ 10475–10476, chap. 471,

“Divorce and Annulment of Marriages: Causes.”

Collett, Glenna. Golf for Young Players. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1926.

———. Ladies in the Rough. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929.

Cowen, Joseph W. A Caddie Remembers: Golf in the 1930s. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2004.

Diamant, Anita, and Howard Cooper. Living a Jewish Life: Jewish Traditions, Customs, and Values for Today’s Families. New York: William Morrow, 2007.

Edwards, Anne. Shirley Temple: American Princess. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1988.

Einstein, Arthur W., Jr. “Ask the Man Who Owns One”: An Illustrated History of Packard Advertising. New York: McFarland and Company, 2016.

Elon, Amos. The Pity of It All: A Portrait of the German-Jewish Epoch, 1743–1933. New York: Picador, 2002.

Friedricks, William B. Covering Iowa: The History of the Des Moines Register and Tribune Company, 1849–1985. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 2000.

———. Investing in Iowa: The Life and Times of F. M. Hubbell. Des Moines, IA: Iowan Books, 2007.

Gilmore Car Museum: Miles from the Ordinary, 124–31. Virginia Beach, VA: The Donning Company Publishers, 2010.

Gross, Hans. Criminal Investigation. London: Sweet and Maxwell, 1934.

Gustavson, Todd. 500 Cameras: 170 Years of Photographic Innovation. New York: Sterling Publishing, 2011.

Hasbroeck, Paul-Henry van. Leica: A History Illustrating Every Model and Accessory. New York: Sotheby Publications, 1993.

Hancock, H. Irving. Jiu-Jitsu Combat Tricks. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1904. Accessed November 26, 2019. https://ia601600.us.archive.org/2/items/cu31924023281524/cu31924023281524.pdf..

Hendry, Joy. Wrapping Culture: Politeness, Presentation, and Power in Japan and Other Societies. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.

Hill, Daniel Delis. American Menswear from the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 2011.

Hillenbrand, Laura. Seabiscuit: An American Legend. New York: Ballantine Books, 2002.

Hobbs, Allyson. A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2016.

Jacobsen, James E. In the Shadow of the State Capitol: An Architectural Historical Survey of the Capitol East Neighborhood, Des Moines, Iowa: A Study. Des Moines, IA: History Pays!, 2002.

———. “If They’d Just Blow Up the Bridges, We Would Be All Right”: A History of Highland Park, Oak Park and the ‘Parks District’ of Des Moines, Iowa, 1888–1997. Des Moines, IA: The Parks Business Association, 1997.

Kalmbach, Sally Sexton. The Jewel of the Gold Coast. Chicago: Ampersand, Inc., 2009.

Kimes, Beverly Rae, and Henry Austin Clark Jr. Standard Catalog of American Cars. 3rd ed. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1996.

Koenig, Leah. The Jewish Cookbook. New York: Phaidon, 2019.

Larsen, Nella. The Historian’s Passing. Edited by Lynn Domina. The Historian’s Annotated Classics. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018.

Lepore, Jill. History of Wonder Woman. New York: Knopf, 2014.

Lohman, Tina. The Book of Jewish Recipes. New York: The National Jewish Post, 1942.

Lukasik, Gail. White Like Her: My Family’s Story of Race and Racial Passing. New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2017.

Mihalopoulos, Bill. Sex in Japan’s Globalization, 1870–1930: Prostitutes, Emigration and Nation-Building. New York: Routledge, 2016.

Miller, Ray, and Glenn Embree. Henry’s Lady: An Illustrated History of the Model A Ford. Oceanside, CA: The Evergreen Press, 1972.

Mitchell, Hope. East Village, Des Moines: A Brief History. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2016.

Morgan, Willard D., and Henry M. Lester. Graphic Graflex Photography: The Master Book for the Larger Camera. 5th ed. New York: Morgan & Lester Publishers, 1943.

Offenburger, Chuck. Babe: An Iowa Legend. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 1989.

Olsen, Byron. Nash: 1936–1957, Photo Archive. Yellow Springs, OH: Ertel Publishing, 2003.

Page, William C. Towards a Greater Des Moines: Early Suburbanization and Development, circa 1880–circa 1920: Also Including an Intensive Survey of the River Bend Neighborhood. Des Moines, IA: Planning and Zoning Department, City of Des Moines, 1992.

Place of Our Own: The Rise of Reformed Jewish Camping. Michael M. Lorge and Gary P. Zola, editors. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: The University of Alabama Press, 2006.

Powell, Sinclair. The Franklin Automobile Company. 2nd ed. Cazenovia, NY: The H.H. Franklin Club Inc., 2014.

Rector, George. The Rector Cook Book. Chicago: Rector Publishing Co., 1928.

Rothstein, Richard. The Color of the Law. New York: Liveright Publishing Corp., 2017.

Rouse, Wendy. Her Own Hero: The Origins of the Women’s Self-Defense Movement. New York: New York University Press, 2017.

Satter, Beryl. Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2009.

Schapp, Jeremy. Cinderella Man. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005.

Senryuken, Noguchi. Jujutsu (1913). Translated by Eric Shahan. Eric Michael Shahan, 2020.

Swindell, Larry. Screwball: The Life of Carole Lombard. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1975.

Turudich, Daniela. Art Deco Hair: Hairstyles from the 1920s & 1930s. Streamline Press, 2013.

Vermilye, Jerry. Profane Angle: The Life and Career of Carole Lombard. New York: McFarland, 2023.

Ward, Tammy, and Tina Skinner. Fashionable Clothing from the Sears Catalogs: Late 1930s. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2006.

Wingate, Anne, Ph.D. Scene of the Crime. The Howdunit Series. Cincinnati, OH: Writer’s Digest Books, 1992. Wolfe, Jack Seymour. Century with Iowa Jewry, 1883–1940. Des Moines, IA: Iowa Print and Supply Company, 1941.

Documents

Government Documents & Historic Registrations

Bowers, M. H., and S. J. Kingensmith. Owl’s Head Historic District. National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form. October 11, 1978. Accessed August 7, 2020.

Chautauqua Park Historic District. National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form. United States Department of Interior, National Park Service, February 5, 1990.

Jacobsen, James E. “The Highland Park Historic Business District at Euclid and Sixth Avenues.” National Register of Historical Places Registration Form. United States Department of Interior, National Park Service, June 9, 1998. Accessed August 4, 2025. https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/98000867_text.

Page, William C. The Maine. National Park Service, United States Department of Interior, September 16, 1996.

———. Bernstein-Mailin Grocery. United States Department of Interior, Park Service, September 21, 1998.

Instruction Manuals and Technical Documents

Franklin Olympic Instruction Book, Series 18. Syracuse, NY: Franklin Automobile Company, 1933. Reprinted by The H.H. Franklin Club, Las Vegas, NV, 2021.

Instructions for the Operation of Auburn Models 12-160 and 12-160 A. Auburn, IN: Auburn Automobile Company, 1932.

Packard 12 Series 1406, 1407 and 1408 Owner’s Manual. Packard Motor Car Company, 1935.

A Preliminary Major Street Plan for Des Moines, Iowa. Des Moines, IA: City of Des Moines, 1925. Accessed February 28, 2025. https://archive.org/details/APreliminaryMajorStreetPlanForDesMoinesIowa/page/n3/mode/2up.

Postcards and Photographs

Center Street, Des Moines, Iowa. Photograph, August 1957. Lisa Taber Collection.

East on Locust Street from Equitable Building, Des Moines, Iowa. Postcard. E. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, WI, ca. 1930. Lisa Taber Collection.

Hyperion Club House. Postcard, ca. 1920. Lisa Taber Collection.

Iowa’s Great Newspapers, The Des Moines Register and Tribune. Postcard. Hyman’s News and Book Store, Des Moines, Iowa ca. 1940. Lisa Taber Collection.

Maine Apartments. Postcard. Des Moines, Iowa, Commercial Studio, 1918. Accessed June 31, 2024. https://www.ebay.com/itm/303232922127.

New Wakonda Club, Des Moines, Iowa. Postcard. Des Moines, IA: Hyman’s News and Book Store, ca. 1930.

Archival and Online Collections

“Collection of Sexual Aids in a Wooden Box, Japan, 1930–1939.” Item #A641105S. Science Museum Group Collection Online. Accessed October 18, 2023. https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co96414/collection-of-sexual-aids-in-a-wooden-box-japan-1930-1939-sexual-aid.

“Entrance and Marquee of the Paramount Theater.” Des Moines Pioneer Club Collection. State Historical Society of Iowa. Accessed January 14, 2024. https://www.flickr.com/photos/shsi-library/5937063632/in/album-72157627193213768/.

“Marquee of the Paramount Theater, c. 1930.” Des Moines Pioneer Club Collection. State Historical Society of Iowa. Accessed January 14, 2024. https://www.flickr.com/photos/shsi-library/5937086862/in/album-72157627193213768/.

“Paramount Theater, c. 1930.” Des Moines Pioneer Club Collection. State Historical Society of Iowa. Accessed January 14, 2024. https://www.flickr.com/photos/shsi-library/5936529757/in/album-72157627193213768/.

“Peverills and the Automobile 1906–1952.” Amherst College Digital Collection. Accessed November 7, 2023.

Jewish Community Center Twenty-Fifth Anniversary: 1907–1932. Des Moines, IA, 1932.

Yoshiaki Yamashita Photograph Album (PH 006). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Accessed May 19, 2023. http://findingaids.library.umass.edu/ead/muph006.

Journals

“House for Earl Butler, Des Moines, Iowa.” Architectural Forum 67, no. 3 (1937): 179–86.

Laichen, Sun. “Burmese Bells and Chinese Eroticism: Southeast Asia’s Cultural Influence on China.” Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 38, no. 2 (2007): 247–73.

Rafti, Jonian. “Roosevelt’s Recession: A Historical and Econometric Examination of the Roots of the 1937 Recession.” Inquiries 7, no. 06 (2015). Accessed February 9, 2020. http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1053/roosevelts-recession-a-historical-and-econometric-examination-of-the-roots-of-the-1937-recession.

“Service Stations.” Architectural Forum 66, no. 2 (1937): 86–95.

Wald, Eli. “The Rise and Fall of the WASP and Jewish Law Firms.” Stanford Law Review 60, no. 6 (2008): 1803–66.

Magazines

Fellerath, David. “How Cinderella Man Sucker Punches the Jewish Boxer Max Baer.” Slate, June 2, 2005. Accessed October 23, 2020. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2005/06/how-cinderella-man-sucker-punches-the-jewish-boxer-max-baer.html.

Harrington, Jerry. “Iowa’s Liquor-By-the-Drink Conflict.” Iowa History Journal, January/February 2020, 8–11.

Irwin, Douglas. “What Caused the Recession of 1937–1938?” Vox, September 11, 2011. Accessed February 9, 2020. https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/what-caused-recession-1937-38.

Keiles, Jamie Lauren. “The History of Jews, Chinese Food, and Christmas, Explained by a Rabbi.” Vox, December 25, 2020. Accessed February 26, 2021. https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/12/21/18151903/history-jews-chinese-food-christmas-kosher-american.

Lufkin, Jack. “Patten’s Neighborhood.” Iowa Heritage Illustrated (Fall 1996): 122–44.

Modern Screen. December 1936–November 1937. Dell Publishing Company. Internet Archive. Accessed April 10, 2023. https://archive.org/details/modernscreen1415unse.

Moulton, Graham. “I Spy.” Life, September 22, 1947, 65–68.

Photoplay. Vol. 51, no. 1. Chicago: Macfadden Publications, Inc., 1937.

Schere, Daniel. “Researchers Look at Where Jews and Blacks Weren’t Allowed to Go.” Washington Jewish Week, online edition, May 10, 2017. Accessed August 24, 2023. http://www.washingtonjewishweek.com/researchers-look-at-where-jews-and-blacks-werent-allowed-to-go/.

Service, Faith. “She Tells on Garbo.” Modern Screen 14, no. 2 (February 1937): 37.

Sugarman, Daniel. “Pocket Watch Belonging to Jewish Titanic Victim Sold at Auction.” The Jewish Chronicle, August 28, 2018. Accessed March 24, 2022. https://www.thejc.com/news/us/pocket-watch-belonging-to-jewish-titanic-victim-sold-at-auction-1.468911.

Newspapers

“31 Years Old Theater Bows to Parking Lot.” Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, IA), March 11, 1938, 1, 4.

“All That Remains of White Chapel.” The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA), October 17, 1932, 12.

“At the President.” Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, IA), February 12, 1937, 11.

“Auto Crash Injures Six Persons, Two Seriously, Treat Victims at Hospital.” Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, IA), February 17, 1937, 11.

“Baker-Trisler Co.” The Register and Leader (Des Moines, IA), December 12, 1908, Book section, 5.

“Beer License Drive Planned.” The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA), June 25, 1925, 3.

“‘Black Maria’ Hauls Women to City Jail.” The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA), October 9, 1938, Section 6, 1, 8.

Caba, Susan, and Valerie Monson. “Elizabeth Clarkson Zwart, ‘Front Row’ Columnist, Dies.” The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA), July 2, 1983, 1A, 2A.

“Chief Donoghue Proud of New Police Station.” Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, IA), June 14, 1920, 3.

“Cortez Apartment Sold.” Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, IA), December 10, 1942, 21.

“De Wall Motors Inc.” The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA), February 1, 1937, 15.

“Dozen Hurt at Flint, Troops Rush to Area.” The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA), February 2, 1937, 1.

“Dr. Goldenson to Be Speaker, Dedicate New Jewish Temple Tonight.” The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA), January 29, 1932, 9.

Dorman, Todd. “An Iowa Impeachment Drama, circa 1919.” The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), online edition, March 16, 2019. Accessed September 29, 2025. https://www.thegazette.com/government-politics/an-iowa-impeachment-drama-circa-1919/.

“Escobar Stops Bank.” The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA), June 22, 1935, 5.

“The Fairyesque Extravaganza Jand and Jill.” The Des Moines Evening Tribune (Des Moines, IA), November 11, 1909, 2.

“Fought Scientifically.” Wisner Free Press (Wisner, NE), June 11, 1909, 4.

“Frat at D.M.U. Feels Imperiled by Girl Smoker.” The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA), January 26, 1926, 1.

“Fraternities in Initiation.” Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, IA), March 6, 1926, 13.

“Frederick M. Hubbell Is Dead; Was Iowa’s Wealthiest Man.” Des Moines Tribune-Capital (Des Moines, IA), November 11, 1930, 1, 9.

“Clark Gable Has Lead in ‘San Francisco’ at Des Moines.” The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA), July 5, 1936, Society section, 6.

“Geppert Studios.” The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA), March 15, 1935, 5.

“Girl’s Wit and Jiu Jitsu Land Masher on His Back.” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL), April 4, 1909, 3.

“Hammer, 89, Druggist 60 Years, Dies.” The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA), October 5, 1937, 1.

“Highland Park.” Audubon Republican (Audubon, IA), August 21, 1890, 1.

“House Sale Challenged in Court Action.” Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, IA), January 26, 1944, 11.

“Humota Theater.” The Humboldt Republican (Humboldt, IA), January 29, 1937, 4.

“Jiu Jitsu School.” The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA), February 27, 1923, 12.

“John Jenney—Ku Klux Klan Candidate for Commissioner of Public Safety—Record Unfits Him for Public Office.” Editorial. The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA), March 30, 1924, 12-M.

“Johnson Halls Wins Meet at Des Moines University.” Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, IA), April 22, 1922, 3.

Johnson, Patt. “The East Village Is Losing One of Its Oldest Businesses.” The Des Moines Register, online edition (Des Moines, IA), April 10, 2017. Accessed April 9, 2023.

“Jury Ponders Fate of Brown.” The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA), February 22, 1936, 3.

Kilen, Mike. “Soul of Sixth Avenue.” The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA), March 10, 2002, Iowa Life section, 1.

“King Ying Low Café to Move.” The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA), August 4, 1940, 42.

“Liquor Store Employees Prepare for Opening Sale Tuesday Morning.” Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, IA), June 18, 1934, 20.

Lutz, Renda. “Club’s History Filled with Parties, Gambling.” The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA), August 31, 2004, 4.

“Making the Rounds of Des Moines Camps with Tribune Cameraman.” Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, IA), July 5, 1937, 18.

McLaughlin, Lillian. “Ending 43 Years of Milk Route.” Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, IA), June 26, 1971, 16.

Munson, Kylie. “Our Old Newspaper Building Now Is Luxury Lofts, But We Still Love It Like a Family a Farm.” The Des Moines Register, online edition (Des Moines, IA), April 15, 2017. Accessed September 8, 2021.

“New Apartments.” The Register and Leader (Des Moines, IA), June 8, 1913, classified section, 3.

“New Night Club to Open Friday.” The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA), May 16, 1935, 1.

“New Register-Tribune Building Scene of Varied Activity Now.” The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA), May 19, 1918, 11.

“Office Supplies.” Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, IA), January 14, 1935, 2.

“Officer Must Return Fugitive, Says Woods.” Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, IA), November 13, 1936, 17.

“Paramount.” Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, IA), February 18, 1937, 15.

“Passing of Old White Chapel District Recalls Palmy Days of Late Nineties.” The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA), October 31, 1931, 1.

“Permit Book for Iowa Liquor Buyers.” Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, IA), May 10, 1934, 1.

“Polk Judges Take Places.” The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA), December 16, 1937, 9.

“President.” Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, IA), January 16, 1937, 3.

“Prices Talk! Look These Over.” The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA), June 28, 1937, 13.

“Razing Plans.” Photograph. Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, IA

Taylor, Sec. “Boxing Commissions.” The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA), February 16, 1937.

Zwart, Elizabeth Clarkson. “Front Row.” Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, IA), January 1, 1937, 15.

———. “Front Row.” Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, IA), April 24, 1934.

———. “Front Row.” Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, IA), December 2, 1936, 15.

———. “Front Row.” Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, IA), December 16, 1931, 15.

Oral History Interviews

Bisignano, Babe. Interview. Des Moines, Iowa: Iowa Oral History Project, 1989. Internet Archive, February 18, 2019. Accessed August 25, 2023. https://archive.org/details/081aBisignano.

Clanton, Luther Thomas. Interview: The First Black Judge in Iowa. Des Moines, Iowa: Iowa Oral History Project, May 3, 1989. Accessed March 21, 2025. https://archive.org/details/082IafirstblackjudgeGlanton.

Love, Kathryn. “The Working Girl During the Great Depression.” Interview. Des Moines, Iowa: Iowa Oral History Project, 1986. Internet Archive, November 14, 2011. Accessed November 21, 2021. https://archive.org/details.

———. “Entertainment and Flappers.” Interview. Des Moines, Iowa: Iowa Oral History Project, 1986. Internet Archive, November 21, 2011. Accessed May 23, 2023. https://archive.org/details/EntertainmentAndFlappesInterviewWithKathrynLove.

Websites

“1920s Car Radio.” Antique Automobile Club of America, Online Forum, August 26, 2000. Accessed January 5, 2024. https://forums.aaca.org/topic/188-1920s-car-radio/.

“1932 Packard Coupe Roaster and Owner Clark Gable.” The Making of Modern Michigan, 2020. Accessed March 17, 2024. https://mmm.lib.msu.edu/record.php?id=25395.

“1932 Pierce Arrow Model 54 Club Sedan.” Gilmore Car Museum, 2023. Accessed November 9, 2023. https://cccamuseum.org/collections-and-archives/classic-car-videos/.

“1935 Oldsmobile F-35 Touring Sedan.” Bonhams Cars, 2019. Accessed December 14, 2024. https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/25448/lot/256/1935-oldsmobile-f-35-touring-sedan-chassis-no-f203904/.

“1937 Cord Supercharged Beverly Sedan.” Gilmore Car Museum, 2023. Accessed November 9, 2023. https://cccamuseum.org/collections-and-archives/classic-car-videos/.

Alexander, Giles. “A Brief History of Judo: The Rise of Kodokan.” Senso, February 8, 2019. Accessed June 9, 2025. https://sensobjj.com/blogs/graciemag-1/a-brief-history-of-judo-the-rise-of-the-kodokan.

Belin, Laura. “Must-See Exhibit Chronicles Racist Housing Policies in Des Moines.” Bleeding Heartland, January 21, 2020. https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2020/01/21/must-see-exhibit-chronicles-racist-housing-policies-in-des-moines/.

Black Diamond History. “Smokers, Saloons, and the Mighty Sullivan.” July 8, 2020. Accessed August 8, 2020. https://blackdiamondhistory.wordpress.com/2020/07/08/smokers-saloons-and-the-mighty-sullivan/.

Brennan, Paul, and Courtney Guein. “Before I-235, Des Moines’ Center Street District Was a Bastion of Black Commerce and Culture.” Little Village, April 8, 2022. Accessed January 14, 2024. https://littlevillagemag.com/des-moines-center-street-history/.

Busbee, John. “Living History Farms: A Historical Time Machine That Celebrates Agri-History.” Iowa History Journal, online edition, 2020. Accessed May 9, 2023. https://iowahistoryjournal.com/living-history-farms-historical-time-machine-celebrates-agri-history/.

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