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Entrance to Fairmount Park, Council Bluffs, Iowa

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Looking at streetcar line passing under a bridge 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. 1908 postmark. Number 14.
Title Entrance to Fairmount Park, Council Bluffs, Iowa
Alternative TitleGraham, Andrew C.
supporting host Grinnell College Libraries Special Collections
Index Date 1908
Publisher Kwin & Co. (Chicago, [Ill.])
Type of Resource still image
Genre postcard
Physical Extent 1 postcard : color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Medium Color lithograph print, divided back.
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 1908?
Language English
Topic Pottawattamie County (Iowa)
Topic Council Bluffs (Iowa)
Topic Parks
Topic Pedestrian bridges
Topic Railroad tracks
Topic Fairmount Park
Cartographic 41.254804, -95.839313
Classification MS 108, Box 2, ihpc_councia0018
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_councia0018
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/11084/18381
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