Re: (rshsdepot) Needed: Des Moines, IA Union station photos

["J. Henry Priebe Jr." <root_@_net.bluemoon.net>]

Help Seth, Help!

Henry

On Wed, 19 Mar 2003 sbramson_@_bellsouth.net wrote:

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> > From: "J. Henry Priebe Jr." <root_@_net.bluemoon.net>
> > Date: 2003/03/19 Wed AM 09:42:30 EST
> > To: RSHS EMail List <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
> > Subject: (rshsdepot) Needed: Des Moines, IA Union station photos
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> > 
> > I have a friend who is a disabled vet and supplements a fixed income by
> > painting railroad scenes.
> > 
> > He has been looking for photos of Des Moines Union Station for a Rock Island
> > painting he wants to do, but like me has basically come up empty so far. 
> >  
> > I know of only one image on the web and I only have that same postcard image
> > in my collection. He's looking for a trackside view so he can put a Rock E7
> > and passenger train in it and it doesn't even need to be a sharp image, he
> > just needs some context. 
> >  
> > Has anyone seen views of this station in books?
> 
> >>>Why, I'll just bet our friend Seth could help.  I mean, after all, he only advertises in American Heritage Magazine from time to time as having "the largest private collection of US railroad, trolley, and city scenes in America."  Of course, since no one asked him...
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