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Alamo Park, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Description
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Alamo Park was opened on June 11, 1909, and it was estimated that 2,500 people attended that first day. The park was torn down in 1921 to make room for Roosevelt Junior High School.1909 postmark. Number 6478.
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Date Created
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1909
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PID
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grinnell:14455
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Allison Hotel, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Looking at a five-story brick and stone hotel building that once housed the Bishops cafeteria. The cafeteria closed in 1981 and the hotel was demolished in 1983 to create a new parking lot. 1909 postmark. Number 22216.
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Date Created
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1909
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PID
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grinnell:14136
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Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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Looking east at shoreline with sailboat 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. 1909 postmark. Number 58.
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Date Created
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1909
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PID
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grinnell:14500
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Armory, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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Looking southeast. The Grinnell Armory building was constructed in 1907 for lease to the Grinnell Armory Association. 1909 postmark. Number 921.
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Date Created
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1909
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PID
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grinnell:14596
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Boarding house in Monroe, Iowa
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Description
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Three women standing in front of a two-story wood building. Lace curtains are in the window. Swing set on the left. Rocker on the side porch. 1909 postmark. Verson reads: "Iowa, Monroe Dec. 2, 1909, This is the boarding house of Mrs. L.A. Dunn Hendershot who lived in Franklin Co. VT until she was 18 years old. I stayed with her two nights Nov. 30 and Dec 1st 1909.",
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Date Created
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1909
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PID
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grinnell:14337
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Broad Street, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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Looking north on unpaved Broad Street with woman and man in foreground. 1909 postmark.
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Date Created
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1909
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PID
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grinnell:13996
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Buffalo, Greenwood Park, Des Moines, Iowa, Ashworth Park
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Description
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View of four Buffalo roaming Greenwood Park in the winter. Greenwood Park was the first official large park in Des Moines purchased by park commissioners in 1894. Located at 4500 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1909 postmark. Number 6443.
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Date Created
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1909
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PID
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grinnell:18550