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Chutes at Oak Park, Newton, Iowa
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Description
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Lake with man and women in a boat and chutes in background. 1908 postmark.
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Date Created
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1908
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PID
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grinnell:14327
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City Library, Des Moines, Iowa, Public Library of Des Moines
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Description
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Looking northwest at the 1903 three-story Beaux Arts style building designed by Des Moines architects, Gutterson & Smith, and constructed of salmon pink Minnesota limestone. It was the project of the Works Progress Administration. The building originally featured a fountain and stone steps, which were removed in 1955. It is no longer a library, but was acquired by the World Food Prize and is being renovated to serve as a museum to recognize great achievements in agriculture, a convocation center that will hold the World Food Prize International Symposium, a home for the Global Youth Institute, an educational facility that will feature interactive displays on hunger and food security and a conference center and community hall. It is located on Locust Street and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1908 postmark.
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Date Created
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1908
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PID
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grinnell:15676
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Clearfield High School, Clearfield, Iowa
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The first Clearfield High School was built in 1898 of pressed brick containing 11 rooms at a cost of $20,000. The building was destroyed by fire on March 24, 1940, on Easter Sunday and a new building was completed in 1941. That building was closed in 1986. 1908 postmark.
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Date Created
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1908
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PID
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grinnell:14038
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Corner Walnut and Howard , Colfax, Iowa
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Description
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Looking southeast from North Walnut Street with lunch room and billiards room in the foreground and the Hotel Centropolis in the background. 1908 postmark. Number 9475.
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Date Created
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1908
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PID
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grinnell:14428
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Court house and Soldier's Monument, Cresco, Iowa, Howard County Courthouse, Howard County Court House
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Description
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Looking northeast at an Italianate-Classic style building which was completed in 1880. The red and buff-colored brick used in its construction were made in the old McMillen Brick Plant. The courthouse association paid $5705.90 of the building cost, the county furnished $1040, and the contractors (B. D. Everingham and J. L. Harlow) were said to have lost $1825. There have been additions to the building, but the main structure is still much as it was when completed in 1880. The courthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places and is located at 130 North Park Place, Cresco, Howard County, Iowa. Civil War Soldiers Monument is 30 feet high with a soldier atop a round granite column. There are inscriptions of soldiers on four sides at the base. Twenty-four Iowa courthouses had a civil war monument erected on the grounds. The courthouse is located at 137 North Elm Street, Cresco, Howard County, Iowa. 1908 postmark. Number 464.
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Date Created
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1908
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PID
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grinnell:16974
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Title
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Cumberland Savings Bank, Cumberland Iowa
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Description
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Looking at a one-story wooden building with a Notary Public sign near the front door. The Cumberland Saving Bank was organized on January 7, 1905, with a capital stock of $10,000. Edgar S. Harlan was the founding president of the bank. V.E. Benedict, a photographer, was from Cumberland, Iowa. 1908 postmark. Title supplied by cataloger.
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Date Created
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1908
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PID
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grinnell:16968
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Danbury Hotel, Danbury, Iowa
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Description
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View of a 3 story wooden building with front porch. 1908 postmark. Number 7.
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Date Created
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1908
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PID
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grinnell:16963
