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Dry goods store, Chapin, Iowa

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From left to right: Chapin Post Office, a meat market with a sign for Edison Records and dry goods store with sign selling shoes, rugs, suits, coats, etc., "Must be sold regardless of price within 30 days. You will find some real bargains". Chapin was platted in 1858 by Josiah Bushnell Grinnell, who had previously founded Grinnell, Iowa. Josiah Bushnell Grinnell gave this new town the name Chapin, the maiden name of his wife. A post office was established in 1860 with H.H. Grinnell as the postmaster.
Title Dry goods store, Chapin, Iowa
Alternative TitleChapin Post Office
Alternative TitleMeat market
supporting host Grinnell College Libraries Special Collections
Index Date 1905
Publisher KRUXO
Type of Resource still image
Genre postcard
Physical Extent 1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium Real photo, divided back with KRUXO logo.
citation/reference Stuart, I. L. (1914). History of Franklin County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Volume 1. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, p. 324.
Date Issued 1900-1910
Note Purchase or donation
Note Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
Language English
Topic Chapin (Iowa)
Topic Stores & shops
Topic Dry goods stores
Topic Government facilities
Topic Post offices
Topic Commercial facilities
Topic Franklin County (Iowa)
Topic Grinnell, J.B.
Cartographic 42.834825, -93.222060
Classification MS 108, Box 2, ihpc_chapin0001
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_chapin0001
Identifier (local) grinnell:14107
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Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/14107
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