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Title: Compliments of Dr. H.H. DePew, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Folding postcard containing a portrait of Dr. H.H. DePew; Dr. H.H. DePew and colleague; a manual typewriter and desk filled with pamphlets in Dr. DePew's office; a writing desk, chair and lounge chair in Dr. DePew's office; Dr. DePew's examination room with sink, instruments and examination chair; and a pile of leather straps apparently used in Dr. DePew's treatments. From an ad by Dr. H.H. DePew in the 1910 Des Moines Register, "I am the originator of the only technique for the treatment and cure of rupture without the use of the knife, truss or appliance of any kind. Hundreds of afflicted patients tell in most convincing language how they were cured by my treatment and are now well."
PID: grinnell:18533

Title: Congregational Church, Maquoketa, iowa, Maquoketa United Church of Christ
Description: Front entrance of one-story brick and stone church. The United Church of Christ came into being in 1957 with the union of two Protestant denominations: The Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches. It is located at 206 East Platt Street, Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa. 1916 postmark.
Date Created: 1916
PID: grinnell:18261

Title: Continental Hotel, Centerville, Iowa, Hotel Barber Shop, E.A. Travis, Proprietor
Description: Looking southeast at the second, three-story, brick Continental Hotel which was rebuilt in 1893 after a fire destroyed the original building. Hotel Barber Shop, E.A. Travis, Prop. is printed on the awning. The building was restored in 1996 by Morgan Cline and it operates as an upscale hotel and is home to a leading restaurant in the area. It is located at 217 North 13th Street, Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa. 1915 postmark. Number A-53171.
Date Created: 1914
PID: grinnell:14586

Title: Cottage Hospital, Creston, Iowa
Description: Cottage hospital was purchased in 1896 and grew to a ﬁfty bed institution, with complete equipment, located in a home of its own. Additional ground was required on the north and south and it had a power and electric plant of its own. It also provided a training school for nurses. It is now gone, but was located at 402-404-406 North Oak Street, Creston, Union County, Iowa. Number 39790.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16970

Title: Council Bluffs Country Club, Lake Manawa, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Cut-Off Lake
Description: Looking north at the Council Bluffs Country Club which has its origin with the Council Bluffs Rowing Association, formed in 1887, and operated the club until 1928. Located at 4500 Piute Street, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Lake Manawa was created in 1881 from a Missouri River flood. 1923 postmark. Number R-91415.
Date Created: 1923
PID: grinnell:16231

Title: Country club, Albia, Iowa, Albia Country Club, Albia Golf & Country Club
Description: One story clubhouse with wraparound porch, flagpole and automobile. The Albia golf course opened in 1920. It is located at 300 North Country Club Road, Albia, Monroe County, Iowa. 1924 postmark. Number 17217. Number 727.
Date Created: 1924
PID: grinnell:13416

Title: Country club, Chariton, Iowa, Lakeview Golf & Country Club, West Lake
Description: Looking northeast at West Lake, the clubhouse and putting green near the lake. The Lakeview Golf & Country Club is a nine-hole course which opened in 1929 and is located at 21897 480th Street, Chariton, Lucas County, Iowa. Number B817.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:13744

Title: County farm, Lucas County, Chariton, Iowa, Lucas County Farm
Description: The Lucas County Home was built in 1904 and torn down in 1986. County homes or poorhouses were tax-supported residential institutions to which people were required to go if they could not support themselves.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:13736

Title: Court house, Albia, Iowa, Monroe County Court House, Monroe County Courthouse, Cramer and Hollingshead Store
Description: Looking southwest from the corner of Main Street and Benton Avenue with the Cramer and Hollingshead store on the right. The Monroe County Courthouse was built in 1902 in the Classical Revival, Romanesque architectural style for approximately $100,000. O.O. Smith, Des Moines, Architect. James Rowson & Sons, Builders. It is located at 10 Benton Avenue East, Albia, Monroe County, Iowa, and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1925 postmark. Number 17209.
Date Created: 1925
PID: grinnell:13527