Beyond the Shoebox: Practical Tips for Storing Personal Photos

The Gables General Store
Des Moines School Student Body About 1915
The Daring - One of the 'Mosquito Fleet' serving Des Moines
Nathan E. Munger - Civil War Veteran
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One Hundred Years of the "Waterland" Community: A History of Des Moines, Washington

Additional information about the history of Des Moines is available in the publication One Hundred Years of the "Waterland" Community: A History of Des Moines, Washington (ISBN 0-9621748-0-7). It is available for $20.00 plus sales tax if purchased at the Museum or $25.00 plus sales tax if mailed to an address in the US. Payment should be sent to:
          Des Moines Historical Society
          PO BOX 98055
          DES MOINES WA 98198-0055

Children's Industrial Home

Des Moines was once the home of the only self-supporting orphanage in the country. Read all about the Children's Industrial Home of Des Moines and its founders "Daddy" and "Mother" Draper.


Early Narrative

A narrative of life in Des Moines in the 1890s, written by Frank Carl Brown, was recently given to the Des Moines Historical Society by his son, Donald M. Brown.


Photo Storage and Handling

Rod Slemmons wrote brief papers on storing and handling your photographs entitled Beyond the Shoebox: Practical Tips for Storing Personal Photos and Guidelines for Care and Handling of Photographic Materials.



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