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St. Mary's Catholic Church, Catholic Church, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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Looking northeast on corner of Broad Street and Fifth Avenue with automobiles and U.S. route 32 sign. St. Mary's Catholic Church was built in the mid-twenties and dedicated in February 1927. Built in the Romanesque style. Cost was $59,000. Number 872.
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Date Created
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1940
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PID
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grinnell:13643
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York Lumber, Clark Lumber Company, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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Truck pulling wagon full of lumber in from of warehouse. Sign says "We use lumber from the Clark Lumber Co." Verso says: "The 600 block of Broad, I remember this as York Lumber, J.B. Grinnell's big home was to the right after being moved from its location East of Central Park. All this was cleared for Mayflower homes in the 1980s". Title supplied by cataloger.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:13589
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Title
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Jasper County Court House, Jasper County Courthouse, Court house, Newton, Iowa
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Description
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Looking northwestt from First Street. The court house construction was completed in 1911 using Bedford (Indiana) limestone, lined with brick and costing $140,825.71. Located at 101 1st Street North, Newton, Jasper County, Iowa. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 14.
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Date Created
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1911
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PID
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grinnell:13499
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Title
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First National Bank, Brooklyn, Iowa
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Description
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Looking northeast from Front Street. The bank was built in 1908 at a cost of $16,000. In 1925 a notice was posted on the bank door announcing it was closed by the board of directors and turned over to a federal bank examiner.
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Date Created
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1915
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PID
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grinnell:14459
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Title
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Rexall Drug Store, Fourth Avenue East from Main Street, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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Looking east from Main Street with delivery truck "Rexall Special Delivery" and bicyclist. On verso: "A good shot of 4th in 800 blk. notice the awnings. About 1920 to 1925. The Sullivan Bank is there and the Model T could be from 1912 to 1927. Hard to say. Also the State Bank is done." Number 545.
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Date Created
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1925
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PID
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grinnell:13665
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Title
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High school, Newton, Iowa
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Description
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The Newton High School was erected just west from Central school building in 1907/1908 at a cost of $72,000. It was built on the most modern and approved plans for school buildings, even to the items of sanitary drinking fountains. The building was later known as the west building of Central Junior High and in 1983 it was razed and the site sold. Number 5020.
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Date Created
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1935
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PID
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grinnell:14326
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Parade of automobiles, Anthon, Iowa
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Description
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Looking northwest on East Main Street at a parade of automobiles parked in from of the local pool hall and lunch room in Anthon, Iowa. Title supplied by cataloger.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:14244
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Title
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Plane crash of Billy Robinson, Grinnell, IowaC, Corpse, Wreckage, Death
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Description
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Billy Robinson's broken body lying next to his monoplane. W.C. "Billy" Robinson was an early aviator who set an American nonstop distance flight record in 1914. He became the second officially appointed air mail carrier in the U.S. He built his own airplane & invented a rotary airplane engine. Robinson was killed in 1916 at age 31 in a plane crash while attempting to set an altitude record. Title supplied by cataloger.
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Date Created
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1916
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PID
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grinnell:14511
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Title
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Post office, Atlantic, Iowa
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Description
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Looking northwest at a one-story brick post office in Atlantic, Iowa with car parked in front and flag on top of building. The Atlantic Post Office was established in 1869. Located at 20 East Fifth Street, Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa. Number 49857.
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Date Created
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1914
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PID
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grinnell:14234