Looking northeast at shoreline with sailboats 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. 1907 postmark.
Title
Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
Supporting Host
Grinnell College Libraries Special Collections
Index Date
1907
Date Captured
4/18/07
Publisher
Pearson-Ullberg Co. (Minneapolis, Minn.)
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
1907?
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_griar005
Identifier (local)
grinnell:14496
Access Condition
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