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Title: Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at shoreline with sailboats and boathouse. Arbor Lake, named for Arbor Day, when hundreds of trees were planted there, was created in 1902 as a storage reservoir to provide soft water for manufacturing firms.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14502

Title: Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at shoreline with boathouse. Arbor Lake, named for Arbor Day, when hundreds of trees were planted there, was created in 1902 as a storage reservoir to provide soft water for manufacturing firms.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14497

Title: Grinnell College, Blair Hall porch, Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking east. Blair Hall was constructed in 1882-1886 and razed in 1961. Cost was $37,200 excl. grading and landscaping. Originally housed the college chapel, the departments of chemistry, natural science, mathematics, and physics.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13833

Title: Carnegie Library, Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Completed in 1905, the structure was one of the few college libraries funded by Andrew Carnegie, who was principally interested in supporting community libraries. Carnegie was considered outgrown by the 1950s, and in 1959 the books were moved to the new Burling Library.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13821

Title: Catholic Church, Brooklyn, Iowa
Description: 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14033

Title: Grinnell College, Magoun Hall, Chicago Hall, Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking north. Chicago Hall was constructed in 1883, costing approximately $20,000 excluding grading and landscaping. Razed in 1958 to provide space for construction of Burling Library. 1910 postmark. Number 542.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13513

Title: Marshall County Courthouse, Doctor S.A. Cravath's home, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Dr. Cravath gave up medicine to go into newspaper work and purchased half interest in the Grinnell Herald Register in 1872 until 1891. He was also president of the First National Bank and later he was president of the Grinnell Merchants Bank. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13941

Title: Family portrait, Guernsey, Iowa
Description: Family portrait of a family in Guernsey, Iowa. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14363

Title: Garfield School, Montezuma, Iowa
Description: The Garfield School was built in 1880. Number 9.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13963

Title: Goodnow Hall, [Grinnell College], Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking north. Goodnow Hall was constructed in 1885, costing $15,700 excluding telescope ($2,125) and book stacks. Originally served as college library and astronomical observatory. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 1910 postmark. Number 540.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14538

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