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Title: 18th Street viaduct and bridges, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking southwest from 18th Street (now Fleur Drive) at the bridge over the Raccoon River. Number 63397.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:16163

Title: Business block, Farley, Iowa, Bank of Farley
Description: Looking southeast at a two-story brick and stone building built in 1896 with men and wagons outside. The building is located on the corner of First Street North and Second Avenue Northwest.
PID: grinnell:15972

Title: Campus drive at Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, Union Drive, Iowa State University
Description: View of the Iowa State College campus. Number 105.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:13767

Title: East side of Main Street, Danbury, Iowa, Commercial House, Commercial Hotel
Description: Looking northeast on Main Street with a dentist office, a restaurant and the Commerical House from foreground to background. 1909 postmark. Number 16.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:16210

Title: Elm Street South, Cresco, Iowa, Polashek's Meat Market, Texaco Northern Iowa Service Station, Elms Café, Morris Variety Store
Description: Looking south on a busy street with the Northern Iowa Texaco Service Station, Chevrolet dealership and Polashek's Meat Market on the left and Elm's Café and the Morris Variety Store on the right. Number C220.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:16975

Title: Farmers Savings Bank, Cushing, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at the Farmers Saving Bank which was originally founded in Beaman, Iowa, and was later organized under a state charter in 1908. Number 7. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:16965

Title: Fifth Street West, Cresco, Iowa, 5th Street West
Description: Looking north on a residential street in Cresco, Iowa. Cresco is derived from the Latin term meaning "I Grow". Augustus Beadle had the land surveyed and platted on June 12, 1866. Cresco is also known as the boyhood home of Dr. Norman Borlaug, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize and Medal of Freedom winner and 2007 Congressional Gold Medal winner. 1916 postmark. Number 1152.
Date Created: 1916
PID: grinnell:16227

Title: Greetings from Elkader, Iowa, Elkader High School, Elkader Big Dam, Turkey River, Clayton County Court House, Clayton County Courthouse, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Bayless Hotel, Lovers Lane, Elkader Keystone Bridge, Main Street
Description: A multiview of Elkader, Iowa, from left to right, top to bottom. Looking at the Elkader High School built in 1876 and destroyed by fire in 1936. Looking west at the Elkader Big Dam built in 1864 and situated on the Turkey River. Looking west at the Clayton County Courthouse located at 111 South High Street, Elkader, Clayton County, Iowa. The Italianate style courthouse was constructed in 1868 and the courthouse clocktower was added in 1896. Looking south on West Bridge Street at the Bayless Hotel built in 1897 to replace the Clark House which had burned down in 1896. Looking north from a wooden boardwalk with the Elkader Keystone Bridge and the Elkader State Bank in the background. Looking northeast at the Elkader Keystone Bridge built in 1889 to replace an old iron truss bridge which was declared unsafe. Looking southwest on Main Street in Elkader. 1914 postmark.
PID: grinnell:15999

Title: Humboldt M.W.A. Team, Clarion, Iowa, Modern Woodmen of America
Description: A "rainbow parade" on Main Street with a Modern Woodmen Forester drill team marching in formation. "Humboldt M.W.A. team at Clarion." --t.p. Modern Woodmen of America was founded by Joseph Cullen Root on January 5, 1883, in Lyons, Iowa. He wanted to create an organization that would protect families following the death of a breadwinner. The drill teams became nationally known for events held from 1890 to the late 1930s, and the Foresters were even honored by Herbert Hoover at the White House. Because each group was differentiated by a different style and color of the uniform, their demonstrations were referred to as "Rainbow Parades." The Rainbow Parades were hosted by cities across the United States and included 10,000 units of Foresters, with more than 160,000 men participating. 1906 postmark.
Date Created: 1906
PID: grinnell:14069

Title: Locust Street looking west, Des Moines, Iowa, United Federal Savings and Loan, Hotel Savery, Equitable Life Building
Description: On verso: "Locust Street, Des Moines, Iowa, looking west. Heart of business center. Right--United Federal Savings and Loan, and modern Hotel Savery. Left--Ultra modern elevator parking garage, and Equitable Tower in background." Number 65683. Series DM-8.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:16144