Hand-painted color postcard looking northeast at the "World's Smallest Church" near Festina, Iowa. The small stone church was built in 1885 and originally built to accommodate two families. Number 28,442F.
Title
World's smallest church, Festina, Iowa
Index Date
1935
Date Issued
1930-1940
Publisher
Eagle Post Card, New York, N.Y.
Type of Resource
still image
Digital Extent
1 file
Note
Color
Digital Origin
digitized other analog
Media Type
image/jpeg
Topic
Saint Anthony of Padua Chapel
Topic
Chapels
Topic
Religious facilities
Identifier (local)
ihpc_festin0003
Identifier (local)
grinnell:16769
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.
Identifier (hdl)
http://hdl.handle.net/11084/16769
Alternative Title
St. Anthony of Padua Chapel
Genre
postcard
Provenance
Purchase or donation
reproduction
Scanned with HP Officejet 6600 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
citation/reference
Iowa has Smallest Church in the World, The Des Moines Register, August 24, 1932, page 6 (https://www.newspapers.com/)
Language
English
Physical Extent
1 postcard : color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium
Color production print, divided back.
Cartographic
43.12040737963002, -91.86541376702597
Topic
Churches
Topic
Winneshiek County (Iowa)
Topic
Festina (Iowa)
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