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Title: Busy day, Cumberland, Iowa
Description: Looking south on a bustling Main Street at a millinery shop and variety store on the left and the bank on the right with a church steeple in the background. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:16218

Title: Court house, Atlantic, Iowa, Cass County Court House, Cass County Courthouse
Description: Looking northwest at the Cass County Court House. The fourth and final courthouse constructed of Indiana limestone and standing three-stories high cost $119,000. It was dedicated on December 26, 1934. It was one of 10 county courthouses built in Iowa during the New Deal Era as part of the federal Public Works Administration. Located at 5 West Seventh Street, Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa, Listed in the National Register of Historical Places. Number M-424.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13440

Title: Cumberland Savings Bank, Cumberland Iowa
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:16968

Title: Group of women, Cumberland, Iowa
Description: A group photo of 10 women in turn of the century clothing. V.E. Benedict, photographer, was from Cumberland, Iowa. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16219

Title: High school, Anita, Iowa
Description: Looking east at the Anita High School built in 1900. It was located on the southeast corner of 690th Street and Troublesome Creek Road, Anita, Cass County, Iowa. The town was named after Anita Cowles, niece of the surveyor of the town site.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:14247

Title: High school, Atlantic, Iowa, Atlantic High School
Description: The Atlantic High School was the second high school building in the town. The first high school was constructed in 1878, and a large addition was constructed in 1912. Population growth and the need for modern facilities necessitated the construction of a new high school. In July of 1935 the school board resolved to apply for a Public Works Administration (PWA) grant. There was a successful campaign for the new high school; in November a $160,000 bond issue was approved. Ground was broken in 1936, and the school was finished in May of 1937, opening in the fall of that year. Located at 1100 Linn Street, Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 3772.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14235

Title: M.E. Church, Anita, Iowa, Methodist Episcopal Church, United Methodist Church
Description: Looking at the Methodist Episcopal Church with horses and carriage in front. Number 34552.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:13574

Title: Masonic Temple, Anita, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest at the Mason Temple, established in 1895, a restaurant and a lunch room in a bustling downtown view of a dirt Main Street in Anita. Senator James E. Bruce of Anita, "insisted that a Masonic Temple could and must be built in Anita, and it was." 1907 postmark. Number 4.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14246

Title: Multiview of Atlantic, Iowa, Mullins, Ulysses S., Shranger, Darius E., Harlan, Edward S., Herring, James G.
Description: Four residences in Atlantic, Iowa. Looking southwest at the Ulysses.S. Mullins house was built in 1898 by Edward Shaw, a lumber baron, as a wedding gift to his daughter, Leila Shaw Mullins who married Dr. Ulysses S. Mullins in 1898. It was later turned into a bed breakfast. Located at 1409 Chestnut St, Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa. The Darius E. Shranger house, or Whitmare House, was built in 1917 and located at 108 9th Street, Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa. Edward S. Harlan was a prominent Atlantic banker. Mr. James G. Herring was the manager of the Atlantic Auto Company in Atlantic, Iowa, and father of 26th Governor of Iowa Clyde L. Herring.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:13355

Title: Park scene in Atlantic, Iowa, U.S. Grant Memorial Fountain, Ulysses S. Grant Memorial Fountain, Atlantic City Park
Description: Looking southwest at the U.S. Grant Memorial Fountain in the city park at Atlantic, Iowa, erected in 1886, is said to have been the first memorial in the United States erected to Ulysses S. Grant after his death. Cass County Court House dome is on the left. Number 12039.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13841