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Street car entrance to Fairmount Park, Council Bluffs, Iowa

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Looking at streetcar line in Fairmount Park. Acquisitioned and developed by Andrew C. Graham (“father of the Council Bluffs park system"), Fairmount Park was once considered the greatest park in the area and has a history of being one of the premier parks in the country. It featured a greenhouse, ice skating, sledding, a petting zoo and an old bell tower. 1912 postmark. Number 8152.
Title Street car entrance to Fairmount Park, Council Bluffs, Iowa
Alternative TitleGraham, Andrew C.
supporting host Grinnell College Libraries Special Collections
Index Date 1912
Type of Resource still image
Genre postcard
Physical Extent 1 postcard : color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium Color lithograph print, divided back.
Note Color
Provenance Purchase or donation
reproduction Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
citation/reference "Council Bluffs' Fairmount Park Restoration Plans Include Water Playground" by Jon Leu, Omaha World-Herald News Service, November 21, 2014 (http://www.omaha.com/); "Graham's Lasting Gift to the City--the Council Bluffs Park System" by Mary Lou McGinn, The Daily Nonpareil, June 24, 2013 (http://www.nonpareilonline.com/)
Date Issued 1912?
Language English
Topic Pedestrian bridges
Topic Fairmount Park
Topic Parks
Topic Pottawattamie County (Iowa)
Topic Council Bluffs (Iowa)
Cartographic 41.254345, -95.839961
Classification MS 108, Box 2, ihpc_councia0011
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_councia0011
Identifier (local) grinnell:16240
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Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/16240
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