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Title: C. & N.W. Railroad entering Alton, Iowa, Little Floyd River Bridge, Chicago and North Western Railroad
Description: Looking south at Alton, Iowa, from the Chicago and North Western Railway and Little Floyd River Bridge with signs on the right that say "Alton CNE Mile" and "Railroad Crossing Lookout [for] the Cars". You can see the steam rising from the train's smokestack in the background.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13888

Title: Charles Austin Palmer and Nora Belle Brown
Description: Postcard image of Charles Austin Palmer and Nora Belle Brown in a horse and carriage while courting in 1909 or 1910. They were married on September 21, 1910. Charles Austin and his brothers received a horse and carriage at graduation from eighth grade, but they were not allowed to continue their schooling. Azo stamp box on verso of postcard.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:12216

Title: Chicago Great Western train wreck, Clarksville, Iowa
Description: On May 5, 1910, there was a Chicago, Great Western freight train pile up outside Clarksville, Iowa, with one death and 3 injured.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14066

Title: Depot scene, Bremer, Iowa, Bremer Station
Description: Looking at a train pulling in to Bremer Depot with several men waiting on the platform with their bags. Bremer was a stop along the Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railroad and the small community was never incorporated.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14169

Title: Depot, Burt, Iowa, Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Description: Looking northeast at a one-story wood building with railroad signals and train in background. There are several people standing on the platform waiting for the train. The building was built in the early 1900s and the depot was closed in 1964. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14160

Title: Disastrous wreck March 21, 1910, Gladbrook, Iowa
Description: Picture of one of the railroad engines buried in the cut. Over 50 people died in this horrific train wreck near Green Mountain and Gladbrook, Iowa on March 21,1910.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14407

Title: Disastrous wreck March 21, 1910, Gladbrook, Iowa
Description: Men sorting through the rubble after over 50 people died in this horrific train wreck near Green Mountain and Gladbrook, Iowa on March 21,1910.1910. Postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14406

Title: Disastrous wreck March 21, 1910, Gladbrook, Iowa
Description: Cleaning up debri after over 50 people died in this horrific train wreck near Green Mountain and Gladbrook, Iowa on March 21,1910.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14405

Title: Rock Island train wreck, March 21, 1910, Gladbrook, Iowa, Looking for friends, R.I. wreck, March 21, 1910, Gladbrook, Iowa
Description: People looking for victims after over 50 people died in this horrific train wreck near Green Mountain and Gladbrook, Iowa on March 21,1910. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13661

Title: Monster locomotives demolished in cut, March 21, 1910, train wreck, Green Mountain, Iowa
Description: Many volunteers helping to find victims and clear wreckage from a terrible train wreck near Green Mountain, Iowa. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14400