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Busy day, Cumberland, Iowa
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Description
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Looking south on a bustling Main Street at a millinery shop and variety store on the left and the bank on the right with a church steeple in the background. 1911 postmark.
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Date Created
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1911
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PID
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grinnell:16218
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Title
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Elm Street looking south, Cresco, Iowa, Allen's Shoe Store, Graf Ice Cream Parlor, Nichols Clothing House
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Description
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Looking south on Elm including Allen's Shoe Store, an undertaking parlor, and a dentist office on the left and the Graf Ice Cream Parlor, dressmaking parlors, the Nichols Clothing House, and a millinery store on the right. 1917 postmark. Number 5063.
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Date Created
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1917
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PID
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grinnell:16971
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Title
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Elm Street, Cresco, Iowa, O'Malley, F.
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Description
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Looking northwest on Elm Street with a view of the P.F. O'Malley building on the left with O'Malley's Department Store. 1911 postmark.
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Date Created
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1911
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PID
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grinnell:16973
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Title
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Farmers Savings Bank, Cushing, Iowa
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Description
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Looking northeast at the Farmers Saving Bank which was originally founded in Beaman, Iowa, and was later organized under a state charter in 1908. Number 7. Title supplied by cataloger.
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Date Created
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1915
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PID
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grinnell:16965
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Fifth Street West, Cresco, Iowa, 5th Street West
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Description
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Looking north on a residential street in Cresco, Iowa. Cresco is derived from the Latin term meaning "I Grow". Augustus Beadle had the land surveyed and platted on June 12, 1866. Cresco is also known as the boyhood home of Dr. Norman Borlaug, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize and Medal of Freedom winner and 2007 Congressional Gold Medal winner. 1916 postmark. Number 1152.
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Date Created
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1916
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PID
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grinnell:16227
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Title
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Locust Street looking west, Des Moines, Iowa, United Federal Savings and Loan, Hotel Savery, Equitable Life Building
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Description
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On verso: "Locust Street, Des Moines, Iowa, looking west. Heart of business center. Right--United Federal Savings and Loan, and modern Hotel Savery. Left--Ultra modern elevator parking garage, and Equitable Tower in background." Number 65683. Series DM-8.
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Date Created
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1955
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PID
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grinnell:16144
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Title
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Looking north on Main Street, Cushing, Iowa
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Description
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Looking north on Main Street with C.F. Quinn & Son drug store and garage/livery stable on the left and the Farmers Savings Bank on the right. The Farmers Savings Bank which was originally founded in Beaman, Iowa, was later organized under a state charter in 1908. 1915 postmark. Number 8. Title supplied by cataloger.
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Date Created
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1915
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PID
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grinnell:16966
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Title
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Main Street Looking East, Dallas Center, Iowa, Brenton, William H., Dallas Center Fire Department, Walnut Street, Brenton Brothers Bank, Loring, J.O.
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Description
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Looking east on Main Street (now Walnut Street) with the firehouse on the right foreground with bell tower and the Brenton-Richmond Building (built 1901) and the J.O. Loring, Brenton Brothers building (built 1899). In 1881, the first Brenton Bank was organized in Dallas Center by William H. Brenton, a local farmer. Upon the death of their father in 1893, Charles and Clyde Brenton formed a team of Brenton Brothers. On the left is the McLean Building Number 1.
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Date Created
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1903
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PID
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grinnell:16964