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Title: Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Depot, Elliott, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest from Main Street at the Elliott Depot in Elliott, Iowa, with several railroad employees standing out front. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (reporting mark CBQ) was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States. Commonly referred to as the Burlington Route, the Burlington, or as the Q,[1][2] it operated extensive trackage in the states of Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and also in New Mexico and Texas through subsidiaries Colorado and Southern Railway, Fort Worth and Denver Railway, and Burlington-Rock Island Railroad.[citation needed] Its primary connections included Chicago, Minneapolis–Saint Paul, St. Louis, Kansas City, and Denver. Because of this extensive trackage in the midwest and mountain states, the railroad used the advertising slogans "Everywhere West", "Way of the Zephyrs", and "The Way West".
PID: grinnell:16787

Title: Depot, Edgewood, Iowa, Edgewood Railroad Depot, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, Western Union
Description: Looking northwest at the Edgewood Depot on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway line with a Western Union telegraph sign hanging in the front of the one-story building. 1911 postmark. Number 4.
PID: grinnell:16802

Title: H.W. Emeny Auto Company, Eldora, Iowa, Emeny, Harry W.
Description: Looking southeast at the three-story brick Wisner Building built in 1912 by Reed & Stern from St. Paul, Minnesota. The building was named after Gilman H. Wisner and it held the H.W. Emeny Auto Company. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
PID: grinnell:16795

Title: North Main Street, Earlham, Iowa, North Chestnut Avenue
Description: Looking at a two-story brick building with a garage sign out front and a boy standing in the garage entrance. Number 4.
PID: grinnell:16811