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Title: Lake in Ingersoll Park, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: In the late 1890's close to the Fairgrounds was a lake, located just north of Woodland Avenue and west of 39th Street. The lake was subsequently drained and developed for housing.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:18753

Title: Looking north on Main Street, Cushing, Iowa
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:16966

Title: M.E. Church, Algona, Iowa, Algona First United Methodist Church, First United Methodist Church, Methodist Episcopal Church
Description: Looking northeast the Algona Methodist Church was completed in 1885, and is located at 201 East Nebraska, Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:13464

Title: M.E. Church, Alpha, Iowa, Methodist Episcopal Church, Alpha United Methodist Church
Description: Looking northwest at the Alpha Methodist Episcopal Church built in 1889 and located on Johnsons Mill Road. Number 7084.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:13704

Title: Mason House, Colfax, Iowa, Croft, Martha J.
Description: The three-story wooden Mason House was run by Mrs. Martha J. Croft, a favorite resort for traveling men, as well as for those who sought rest and the benefit of the spring water. 1915 postmark. Number 36826.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:14424

Title: North side Main Street looking east, Coggon, Iowa, Ware, Milo L., A.F. Pillard Farm Machinery, Standard Oil Company
Description: Looking east at the Milo L. Ware store (foreground) and the A.F. Pillard Farm Machinery building (background). The man in the picture is pulling a horse-drawn Standard Oil Company tank. Coggon was founded in 1857, and had several names (Manhattan, Green's Mill, Nugent's Grove) before Coggon was chosen by Mr. T. Spaulding of England after his cousin William Coggon of England. Number P3.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:16993

Title: Parade of automobiles, Coin, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at several automobiles lined up on Main Street. Coin was platted in 1879. The buildings were constructed entirely of wood, and the north side of Main Street burned down completely at the turn of the century. The buildings were soon replaced with red brick. 1915 postmark. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:16992

Title: Peter Hatterscheid's Elevators, Corwith, Iowa
Description: Looking at farmers unloading grain at a new grain elevator. Peter Hatterscheid built the elevator in 1914 at an estimated $6,000. It was purchased at a public sale by The Farmers Grain Company three years later for a price of $16,400.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:16980

Title: State Capitol of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at the Iowa State Capitol building which was completed in 1886 at a cost of $3,296,256, and, and at the time, was the only five-domed capitol in the country. The dome of the capitol is gilded with tissue-paper thin sheets of pure 23-karat gold, with a protective layer sealing the gold from the weather, and the top of its finial peak is 275 feet (84 m) above the ground. From its opening during 1884 until 1924, it was the tallest building in Des Moines, and likely the entire state. It is located at 1007 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Number 42.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:16849

Title: United Presbyterian Church, College Springs, Iowa, College Springs Presbyterian Church
Description: Looking northeast at the entrance to a three-story brick and stone church built in the mid-1800s and located at 809 Iowa Avenue, College Springs, Page County, Iowa. 1915 postmark.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:15753