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"We Like Center Point. So Will You", Center Point, Iowa, C.R.I. & P. Station and Commercial Park, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Station, First M.E. Church, First Methodist Episcopal Church, Center Point Canning Factory, Ditching for the water works mains, Main Street looking south, Commercial Park, High school building
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Montage of 8 Center Point, Iowa landmarks including the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Station, Commercial Park, Center Point Canning Factory, High school building, Methodist Episcopal church, ditching for the water works mains, and Main Street. 1913 postmark.
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1913
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grinnell:13390
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Cedar Valley Hospital, Charles City, Iowa, Charles City College, Comprehensive Systems, Inc., German-English College, German-English Normal School
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Looking south from Clark Street, the two story brick and stone building was built in 1892 and originally used as a college. The girls' dormitory was used as a hospital starting around 1914. The college was open until 1914 when it merged with Morningside College in Sioux City. In 1970 the building became the home of Comprehensive Systems, Inc. and is located at 1700 Clark Street, Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa. 1946 postmark. Number A373.
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1946
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grinnell:13371
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Greetings from Charlotte, Iowa, Public school, Farmers & Merchants Savings Bank, Creamery, Charlotte Savings Bank, Langheim Block, New garage, Residence street
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Montage of Charlotte, Iowa including a new garage, Charlotte Savings Bank, street scene, Langheim Block, public school, residential street, creamery, Farmers & Merchants Savings Bank.
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1915
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grinnell:13310
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Greetings from Cresco, Iowa, Elm Street looking north, Assumption Parochial School, Howard County Court House, St. Joseph's Parochial School, St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital
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Various views of Cresco, Iowa, including Elm Street, Assumption Parochial School, the Howard County Courthouse, St. Joseph's Parochial School and the St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital. 1917 postmark. Number x1476.
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1917
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grinnell:16976
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Gym, Charles City College, Charles City, Iowa, German-English College, German-English Normal School, Gymnasium
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Two-story wooden building. Sponsored by the Northwest German Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the German-English College was built in 1892. The name of the college was changed to Charles City College in 1894. The college fielded teams in football and basketball, included a women's basketball team in 1914. The college was open until 1914 when it merged with Morningside College in Sioux City. 1912 postmark. Number R-21634.
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1912
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grinnell:13843
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Highland Park College, Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines University, Des Moines University of Lawsonomy
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Looking at street trolley #197 arriving at the Highland Park College campus which was established in 1889 and operated under that name until 1918, when the Baptist church bought it and renamed it Des Moines University. The school had some 40,000 students and 1,000 pharmacy graduates in its first twenty-five years. After some unrest, the school closed in September 1929, and the buildings remained empty until 1943, when Alfred W. Lawson of Detroit bought the property and founded the Des Moines University of Lawsonomy ("the study of everything"). The university closed in 1954 and the Park Fair Shopping Mall is on the site today at Second Avenue and Euclid Avenue. 1906 postmark. Number 1761.
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Date Created
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1906
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grinnell:16149
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Iowa School for the Deaf, Council Bluffs, Iowa
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The Iowa Institute for the Deaf and Dumb was moved from Iowa City to Council Bluffs in 1870 because the location was readily accessible by railroads and th 80-acre tract of land was purchased for a bargain price of $1,200. The school was a self-sustaining entity with its own farm, power plant and hospital. Today it has a state-of-the art science center and updated learning spaces. Located at 3501 Harry Langdon Blvd, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Number 23174N.
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Date Created
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1925
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grinnell:16232
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Sacred Heart Academy, Ackley, Iowa
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Two story brick building with a tower. Sacred Heart Academy was a private Catholic school which opened in 1877, staffed by two Presentation sisters and two laywomen.
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Date Created
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1905
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grinnell:14293