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Dry goods store, Chapin, Iowa, Chapin Post Office, Meat market
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Description
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From left to right: Chapin Post Office, a meat market with a sign for Edison Records and dry goods store with sign selling shoes, rugs, suits, coats, etc., "Must be sold regardless of price within 30 days. You will find some real bargains". Chapin was platted in 1858 by Josiah Bushnell Grinnell, who had previously founded Grinnell, Iowa. Josiah Bushnell Grinnell gave this new town the name Chapin, the maiden name of his wife. A post office was established in 1860 with H.H. Grinnell as the postmaster.
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Date Created
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1905
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PID
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grinnell:14107
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Main Street at Baxter, Iowa
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Description
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Looking south on Main Street in Baxter. Horse and buggy in the street.
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Date Created
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1905
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PID
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grinnell:14212
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Main Street, Cherokee, Iowa
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Description
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Looking west from the Main Street business district in Cherokee, Iowa. Sign with Gust Hokanson, Merchant Tailor, on the left.
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Date Created
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1905
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PID
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grinnell:14086
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Title
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Observatory Building, Des Moines, Iowa, Van Ginkel Building
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Description
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The first skyscraper in Iowa stood was on Locust Street reported at a height of 197 feet and heralded as "the tallest office building between Chicago and San Francisco" when it opened in 1896. It included a distinctive five-story observation tower and provided electricity and gas lighting to all tenants. The building was eventually demolished in1937, and this location is now occupied by Capital Square Mall. 1905 postmark. Number 105.
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Date Created
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1905
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PID
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grinnell:16137
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Street scene, Bedford, Iowa, F.E. Walker Building, Court Avenue, James Thompson Mercantile Company
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Description
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Looking north on Court Avenue with the Taylor County Courthouse in the background. The building on corner right says F.E. Walker at top. It was erected in 1879 costing approximately $12,000. Reportedly, the original owner of the building was James M. Thompson housing the James Thompson Mercantile Co. (printed on side of building) until 1918. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places under Bedford Commercial Historic District.
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Date Created
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1905
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PID
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grinnell:13608