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Title: 2322 Olive Street, Cedar Falls, Iowa, Iowa State Normal School Boarding House, University of Northern Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at one of many boarding houses used to board Iowa State Normal School students. The students received both room and board at the houses, which were named for their owners. The expenses were comparable to on-campus living. In 1891, the charges were between $3.00-3.50 for a week; in 1912, rent was $2.00-$2.50 per week and meals $3.00-$4.00 per week. Many of the rooming houses still exist today in the College Hill area. Some have been converted into apartments while others are still private residences. Series 732.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:14143

Title: 436 East Street, Frank F. Almy residence, S. F. Cooper residence
Description: Photograph of the house at 436 East Street, built in the 1860s for Samuel F. Cooper. The house sat on 40 acres well back from East Street, and its porte cochere was one of the few in town. The house was burned down by design in 1978.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:3261

Title: Grinnell College, music building
Description: Looking north. Title from photo verso. Alumni Hall (Music Building) was constructed in 1882, razed in 1958 to make room for construction of Burling Library. Cost approximately $19,100 excluding grading and landscaping.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:13530

Title: Alumni Hall, Grinnell College, 751
Description: Postcard view of Grinnell College's Alumni Recitation Hall (ARH) on the southeast corner of Park Street and 8th Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:6334

Title: Baptist Church, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: 1000 block of Fifth Avenue near Brand apartment building-photo verso. In October 1864, the Baptist Church removed from its first location at 2nd & West Street and placed at 4th Avenue & Broad Street. It was torn down in the early 1950s. Number 9622.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:14018

Title: Baptist Church, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: 1000 block of Fifth Avenue near Brand apartment building-photo verso. In October 1864, the Baptist Church was removed from its 1st location at 2nd & West Street and placed at 4th Avenue & Broad Street. It was torn down in the early 1950s. Number 9622.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:14364

Title: Bird's eye view, Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Aerial view of Camp Dodge on a hazy day. Original construction of Camp Dodge began in 1907, to provide a place for the National Guard units to train. In 1917, the installation was handed over to national authorities and greatly expanded to become a regional training center for forces to participate in the First World War. The name Camp Dodge comes from Brigadier General Grenville M. Dodge, who organized Iowa's first National Guard unit in 1856.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:18506

Title: Birds eye view of Bellevue, Iowa, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Mississippi River
Description: Looking north at a cityscape of Bellevue, Iowa with St. Joseph's Catholic Church in the left background, train passing through in the center, and the Mississippi River in the right background.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:14180

Title: Blackhawk Coal and Dock Company, Davenport, Iowa
Description: On front: One view of our Davenport coal yard and offices, Blackhawk Coal & Dock Co., front of Perry Street, Tel. Dav. 391.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:16206