Looking southwest at two children in the foreground with the Crocker School in the background. The school was built in 1870 and demolished ca. 1962. It was named after Marcellus Monroe Crocker, a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and prominent lawyer in Des Moines, Iowa. 1909 postmark. Number 48.
Looking southeast from Sixth Avenue. Parker School was built in 1896, named for L.F. Park, who taught both at Grinnell College and the public school. Parker was torn down in 1970. Number 25. Title supplied by cataloger.