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Title: Hospital, Brooklyn, Iowa, Stephenson House, Residence of Dr. C.D. Busby
Description: The hospital was built as a home in 1875. The original builder used the building as a saloon before it became a hotel known as the "Stephenson House". Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 1907 postmark. Dr. C. D. Busby purchased the hotel and made it not only his residence but also turned it into a hospital. He later closed the hospital, but continued to live there. It was later used again as a hotel and restaurant. Located at 154 West Front Street, Brooklyn, Poweshiek County, Iowa
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13391

Title: Illinois Central Depot, Dow City, Iowa, Dow City Depot, Northwestern Railroad
Description: Looking northwest at the Dow City Depot with a man standing out front. In 1867 the Illinois Central extended its track into Iowa. 1914 postmark. Number 7.
Date Created: 1914
PID: grinnell:16063

Title: Main Street West, Fertile, Iowa, Fertile Mills, Molsberry, W. I.
Description: Looking west on West Main Street at Fertile, Iowa businesses including a dentist office on the right and Fertile Mills in the background. Fertile was founded by William Rhodes, a Canadian who came to Iowa in 1858 and built a mill to process wheat into flour. 1913 postmark. Number 47.
PID: grinnell:14749

Title: Main Street looking east, Elgin, Iowa, Center Street
Description: Looking east on Center Street at the the W.H. Finke Drugstore on the right which opened around 1879. 1908 postmark.
PID: grinnell:16793

Title: Main Street, Dunkerton, Iowa, Post office
Description: Looking northeast at the post office and several businesses along Main Street in Dunkerton, Iowa. In 1853, two brothers, James and John Dunkerton, walked from Dubuque, Iowa, to stake out a claim of land near Lester. This claim became the town known as Lesterton, and later Dunkerton. 1909 postmark.
PID: grinnell:16027

Title: Methodist Episcopal Church, Dows, Iowa, Dows United Methodist Church
Description: Looking northwest at a three-story brick and stone church built in 1872. Dows, Iowa (originally named Otisville) was established in 1880 and named for a railroad contractor.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:16061

Title: Methodist Episcopal Church, Farragut, Iowa, Farragut United Methodist Church
Description: Looking southeast from Porter Street at two-story brick building. Located at 518 Essex Ave, Farragut, Freemont County, Iowa 51639. 1926 postmark.
PID: grinnell:15967

Title: Residence Street, Fairbank, Iowa, First Baptist Church, Grove Street
Description: Looking west on residential street at single story wooden church with steeple erected in 1882. In 1881 two lots on the corner of east Grove (initially named Residence Street) and Fourth streets were purchased from J. C. Myers for $100. In 1910, Free Will Baptists consolidated with the Baptists, and the church became First Baptist Church. In 1914, a basement was dug and the church underwent a remodel. Located at 304 Grove Street, Fairbank, Buchanan County, Iowa. 1909 postmark.
PID: grinnell:15983

Title: Ross Department Store and First National Bank, Doon, Iowa, Ross, Cornelius, C. Ross and Company, First National Bank, Doon Savings Bank
Description: Looking north at the Ross Department Store owned by Cornelius Ross who built "The Big Store" in 1903. The Doon Savings Bank merged with the First National Bank in 1903.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:16837

Title: South side Main Street, Dows, Iowa, Fillmore Block Building, Ole Houg's, Dr. George, William Meister, Boots and Shoes
Description: Looking southwest on Main Street with the Fillmore Block Building in the left foreground. Some signs shown include Ole Houg's, Dr. George, William Meister Boots and Shoes, Chuck's Cafe, and C.W. Schmitt Meat Market. Dows, Iowa (originally named Otisville) was established in 1880 and named for a railroad contractor. Number 12.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:15990