Looking east at shoreline with sailboat and boathouse. Arbor Lake, named for Arbor Day, when hundreds of trees were planted there, was created in 1902 as a storage reservoir to provide soft water for manufacturing firms. 1909 postmark. Number 58.
Title
Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
Supporting Host
Grinnell College Libraries Special Collections
Index Date
1909
Date Captured
4/12/07
Publisher
Faber, Jno. T., Publisher (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Type of Resource
still image
Genre
Postcards
Provenance
Purchased from Ivan Sheets
reproduction info
Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
Date Issued
1909?
Topic
Arbor Lake (Grinnell, Iowa)
Topic
Poweshiek County (Iowa)
Topic
Grinnell (Iowa)
Topic
Lakes & ponds
Topic
Boats
Topic
Sailboats
Topic
Boathouses
Classification
MS 107, http://libweb.grinnell.edu/archives/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=144
Related Item
Ivan Sheets Collection
Identifier (local)
ms107_griar001
Identifier (local)
grinnell:14500
Access Condition
Grinnell College Libraries does not own the copyright in these images and therefore cannot give or deny permission to publish or distribute any of them. It is the researcher's responsibility to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or distributing material from this collection. Any materials used must carry a credit line: Historic Iowa Postcard Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Grinnell College Libraries.
