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Chautauqua grounds, Creston, Iowa

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Circuit Chautauquas were part of a travelling adult education movement started at the turn of the century reaching Iowa in 1904. Special reports, pronunciation tests, and a variety of other exercises are introduced at the meetings. 1908 postmark. Number B1165A6.
Title Chautauqua grounds, Creston, Iowa
supporting host Grinnell College Libraries Special Collections
Index Date 1908
Publisher H.G. Zimmerman & 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.
Date Issued 1908?
Note Purchase or donation
Note Scanned with HP Scanjet 4670 at 600 ppi. Archival master image available in tiff format.
Note "The Chautauquan: Organ of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, Volume 30" by M. Bailey
Language English
Topic Union County (Iowa)
Topic Creston (Iowa)
Topic Meetings
Topic Chautauquas
Topic Tents
Cartographic 41.058600, -94.361347
Classification MS 108, Box 2, ihpc_cresto0001
Related Item Iowa Historical Postcard Collection (IHPC)
Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Identifier (local) ihpc_cresto0001
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/11084/18448
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