Looking southeast at shoreline towards 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. 1912 postmark. Number 86.
Title
Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
Supporting Host
Grinnell College Libraries Special Collections
Index Date
1912
Publisher
KRUXO
Type of Resource
still image
Genre
Postcards
reproduction info
Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
Date Issued
1912?
Topic
Poweshiek County (Iowa)
Topic
Grinnell (Iowa)
Topic
Lakes & ponds
Topic
Boathouses
Cartographic
41.731739,-92.732808
Related Item
Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Identifier (local)
ihpc_grinne0200
Identifier (local)
grinnell:14501
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.
