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Wagon bridge crossing Nodaway River, Clarinda, Iowa

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Scenic view of the old wooden wagon bridge connected to the newer truss bridge. The river's name (as "Nodawa") first appears in the journal of Lewis and Clark, who camped at the mouth of the river on July 8, 1804. The name is an Otoe-Missouria term meaning "jump over water". 1909 postmark. Number D2206.
creator ANC (New York, N.Y.)
Title Wagon bridge crossing Nodaway River, Clarinda, Iowa
Index Date 1909
Publisher South-West News Company (Kansas City, Mo.)
Publisher ANC (New York, N.Y.)
Type of Resource still image
Genre postcard
Physical Extent 1 postcard : color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium Litho-chrome print, divided back. Made in Germany.
citation/reference Missouri Department of Conservation (https://mdc.mo.gov/)
Date Issued 1909?
Note Purchase or donation
Note Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
Language English
Topic Page County (Iowa)
Topic Clarinda (Iowa)
Topic Truss bridges
Topic Rivers
Topic Nodaway River
Topic Transportation facilities
Cartographic 40.732679, -95.012260
Classification MS 108, Box 2, ihpc_clarin0001
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_clarin0001
Identifier (local) grinnell:14076
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Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/14076
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