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Dry goods store, Chapin, Iowa
Title
Dry goods store, Chapin, Iowa, Chapin Post Office, Meat market
Description
From left to right: Chapin Post Office, a meat market with a sign for Edison Records and dry goods store with sign selling shoes, rugs, suits, coats, etc., "Must be sold regardless of price within 30 days. You will find some real bargains". Chapin was platted in 1858 by Josiah Bushnell Grinnell, who had previously founded Grinnell, Iowa. Josiah Bushnell Grinnell gave this new town the name Chapin, the maiden name of his wife. A post office was established in 1860 with H.H. Grinnell as the postmaster.
Date Created
1905
PID
grinnell:14107
East side Main Street, Atkins, Iowa
Title
East side Main Street, Atkins, Iowa, Atkins Post Office
Description
Looking northeast at a one-story wooden post office on the right established in 1902 in Atkins, Iowa.
Date Created
1905
PID
grinnell:14236
Main Street, Cherokee, Iowa
Title
Main Street, Cherokee, Iowa
Description
Looking west from the Main Street business district in Cherokee, Iowa. Sign with Gust Hokanson, Merchant Tailor, on the left.
Date Created
1905
PID
grinnell:14086