The Elkhorn Lutheran High School and College was established in 1878 to "help young folk coming over here from the fatherland, Denmark, to obtain such an instruction as weould qualify them for their professions or work in this country". The instruction was given in Danish and English. The main building was destroyed in a fire in 1910 and a new building dedicated the same year. The college was discontinued in the 1950s.
Looking northwest from Fourth Avenue with ribbon embossed on front of card. The first Grinnell high school was built in 1904. An addition that expanded the building to include junior high students was completed in 1921. 1911 postmark. It now houses the Grinnell Community Center.
