Des Moines, Younker Brothers, Tea Room Lounge

Des Moines, Younker Brothers, Tea Room Lounge

This one, we really wanted to Google since the setting is so ornate.  If you come from Iowa you probably know this, but we learned that Younker Brothers’ first store opened in 1874; the original Tea Room opened in 1913 and was replaced in 1927.  (That helps date the card?)  As well, this building had the first escalator in Iowa–in 1939.  The store closed in 2005.  The building is apparently still there, though.  Grade: 2

Name: Des Moines, Younker Brothers, Tea Room Lounge

From: USA AND (SOME) TERRITORIES/Iowa

Code: 10116023

Price: $2.00