1932

Portrait bust of Governor of Iowa from 1913–1917.

Portrait plaque of Governor of Iowa from 1913–1917.

Portrait plaque of Governor of Iowa from 1913–1917.

Mold.

Portrait bust or bas relief.

Portrait busts or bas relief, daughters of Richard De Jong.

Bas relief portrait; commissioned by vice presidents of Iowa Des Moines National Bank.

Portrait bust or bas relief of boy, George (1928-2008).

Portraits of Amos and Alice Emery. Mr. Emery provided Petersen with studio space in his architectural office.

Portrait bust of a young man

Bas relief portrait of Charlotte Petersen’s parents, mounted on wood.

Bas relief portrait of the nephew of Margaret Wilhelm, age 3, and son of the James Rubey Harlan and Wilhelmina F. (Wilhelm) Harlan.

Portrait busts or bas relief of sons of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lorentzen.

Portrait, done in lieu of rent due, of owner of the Elliott Hotel, Des Moines, Iowa - Willis Newsome was the manager.

Portrait bust of a Des Moines physician.

Portrait plaque. Rose Sheuerman Shloss married to Max Shloss, president of Lederer and Strauss and Company, was a widely recognized philanthropist.

Bas relief portrait of Smith (1866-1947) Chairman, English Department, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa. A prolific poet, Smith published numerous poems and plays in his tenure.

Portrait bust or bas relief of Mrs. Genevieve Anderson Pierson Spaulding, wife of director of Des Moines Public Library.

Portrait bust or bas relief, son Eastman (1894-1971) of James Bellamy Weaver.

Known from exhibition checklist at Younkers Department Store, 1933.

Part of a series of portrait plaques of company presidents and city founders of Des Moines commissioned by Equitable of Iowa Companies. Cast by Gorham Co. Bronze Division. Exhibited at Yonkers Tea Room, 1933.

Portrait bust of Director of Public Library of Des Moines, 1918–1920 and 1928–1951. Spaulding wrote the Des Moines Library Bill of Rights in 1938, adopted by the American Library Association in 1939. Cast in bronze by a Chicago firm.

Study of a brown bear.

Several sketches of Polar Bears.

Two sons of Iowa State College Professor, Walter E. Loomis.

Two pencil studies of an animal skull, possibly for a medal or award called Steerhead for Balfour Jewelry.

Iowa State College Professor, Walter E. Loomis.

Portrait of Alice Emery.