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Boaters on the Floyd River, Alton, Iowa

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Looking at boaters enjoying a day on the Floyd River. The Floyd River is a tributary of the Missouri River, 112 long in northwestern Iowa. It enters the Missouri River at Sioux City and is named for Charles Floyd, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 1910 postmark. Number B1101A1. Title supplied by cataloger.
Title Boaters on the Floyd River, Alton, Iowa
Alternative TitleSouvenir of Alton, Iowa
supporting host Grinnell College Libraries Special Collections
Index Date 1910
Date Captured 8/29/06
Publisher H.G. Zimmerman & Co. (Chicago, Ill.)
Type of Resource still image
Genre postcard
Physical Extent 1 postcard : color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium Hand-tinted real photo reprint, divided back
Provenance Purchase or donation
reproduction Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
citation/reference "The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States" by Henry Gannett, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1905
Date Issued 1910?
Language English
Topic Sioux County (Iowa)
Topic Alton (Iowa)
Topic Rivers
Topic Floyd River (Iowa)
Topic Boats
Topic Rowboats
Topic Motorboats
Cartographic 42.995165, -96.010889
Classification MS 108, Box 1, ihpc_altonb0005
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_altonb0005
Identifier (local) grinnell:13649
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Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/13649
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