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Main Street Looking East, Dallas Center, Iowa

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Looking east on Main Street (now Walnut Street) with the firehouse on the right foreground with bell tower and the Brenton-Richmond Building (built 1901) and the J.O. Loring, Brenton Brothers building (built 1899). In 1881, the first Brenton Bank was organized in Dallas Center by William H. Brenton, a local farmer. Upon the death of their father in 1893, Charles and Clyde Brenton formed a team of Brenton Brothers. On the left is the McLean Building Number 1.
Title Main Street Looking East, Dallas Center, Iowa
Alternative TitleBrenton, William H.
Alternative TitleDallas Center Fire Department
Alternative TitleWalnut Street
Alternative TitleBrenton Brothers Bank
Alternative TitleLoring, J.O.
supporting host Grinnell College Libraries Special Collections
photographer Olson Photograph Co. (Plattsmouth, Neb.)
Index Date 1903
Publisher Olson Photograph Co., Plattsmouth, Neb.
Type of Resource still image
Genre postcard
Physical Extent 1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium Real photo, divided back.
Note Sepia
citation/reference USGenWeb Archives (http://www.usgwarchives.net/)
Date Issued 1900-1905
Note Purchase or donation
Note Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
Language English
Topic Brenton, William H.
Topic Commercial facilities
Topic Dirt roads
Topic Carts and wagons
Topic Streets
Topic Dallas County (Iowa)
Topic Dallas Center (Iowa)
Topic Commercial streets
Topic Fire stations
Cartographic 41.684359, -93.962780
Classification MS 108, Box 2, ihpc_dallasa0001
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_dallasa0001
Identifier (local) grinnell:16964
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Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/16964
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