Historic Iowa Postcards

Grinnell College Libraries' Historic Iowa Postcard Collection. A collection of postcards from 1900 through the middle of the 20th century, covering all parts of Iowa.

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West Side Main Street from South, Welton, Iowa

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West Side Main Street, Gilmore City, Iowa

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West Side Main Street, Storm Lake, Iowa

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West Side School, Hampton, Iowa

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West Side Square, Oskaloosa, Iowa

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West Side Washington Street, Victor, Iowa

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West Side of Main Street, Scranton, Iowa

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West Side of Main Street, Stanton, Iowa

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West Side of Square, Harlan, Iowa

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West Side of Square, Marengo, Iowa

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West Street View, Shell Rock, Iowa

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West Yard, Northwestern Railroad, Tama, Iowa

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Looking northwest at several businesses in Dysart, Iowa, including the J.T. Kranbuehl Furniture, the Dysart Post Office established in 1873, and the Dysart Meat Market. Number 2.

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Verso says "Meet me at Fairfield OLD SETTLERS' DAY, Thursday, October 1st, 1914." Jefferson House was a stabling house owned by John V. Myers. 1914 postmark.

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Western Union College, Le Mars, Iowa

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Westlawn Dormitory, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

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Wheatland Volunteer Fire Company, Wheatland, Iowa

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Looking at 3 men and a boy fishing in a homemade boat on the Maquoketa River east of Dundee, Iowa. The Maquoketa River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 150 miles long. Its name is derived from Maquaw-Autaw, which means Bear River in Meskwaki. 1911 postmark.

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Whittier School, Stuart, Iowa

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Wholesale District, Sioux City, Iowa