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Title: Bird's eye view looking northwest, Farnhamville, Iowa
Description: Bird's eye view looking northwest from the town of Farnhamville, Iowa. 1906 postmark.
PID: grinnell:15969

Title: Chicago & North Western Train Wreck, April 23, 1908, De_Witt, Iowa, Silver Creek
Description: Several men are standing in front of a train wreck. On April 23, 1908, southwest of DeWitt, Iowa, at Silver Creek, flooding weakened a bridge and gave way to stock train 132 where an engine and 17 cars of cattle fell into the water. Three crewmen perished in the wreck.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:16184

Title: Children riding cows on street, Exira, Iowa
Description: Children riding cows on street with train station master looking on.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:15899

Title: Cross Roads Motel, De Witt, Iowa, Cross Roads Tourist Court, Best Western, Duncan Hines, AAA
Description: Looking north at the Cross Roads Motel located at 326 Eleventh Street, De Witt, Clinton County, Iowa. Verso says "Phone 107, 35 units, U.S. Highways 30 and 61, Best Western, AAA, Duncan Hines". The motel was named for the crossroads of Highways 30 and 61 and is part of the historic Lincoln Highway. Number 2C-H427.
Date Created: 1952
PID: grinnell:16075

Title: East Main Street, Dunlap, Iowa, Kavanagh Drugstore, Lehan Drugstore
Description: Looking west on Main Street in Dunlap, Iowa, with a tire service shop, a restaurant and barbershop on the left, a drugstore and soda fountain on the right, and a garage in the background. Dunlap, Iowa was named after a railway official, George L. Dunlap. 1940 postmark.
PID: grinnell:16025

Title: Hospital, Brooklyn, Iowa, Stephenson House, Residence of Dr. C.D. Busby
Description: The hospital was built as a home in 1875. The original builder used the building as a saloon before it became a hotel known as the "Stephenson House". Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 1907 postmark. Dr. C. D. Busby purchased the hotel and made it not only his residence but also turned it into a hospital. He later closed the hospital, but continued to live there. It was later used again as a hotel and restaurant. Located at 154 West Front Street, Brooklyn, Poweshiek County, Iowa
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13391

Title: Illinois Central Depot, Dow City, Iowa, Dow City Depot, Northwestern Railroad
Description: Looking northwest at the Dow City Depot with a man standing out front. In 1867 the Illinois Central extended its track into Iowa. 1914 postmark. Number 7.
Date Created: 1914
PID: grinnell:16063

Title: Main Street West, Fertile, Iowa, Fertile Mills, Molsberry, W. I.
Description: Looking west on West Main Street at Fertile, Iowa businesses including a dentist office on the right and Fertile Mills in the background. Fertile was founded by William Rhodes, a Canadian who came to Iowa in 1858 and built a mill to process wheat into flour. 1913 postmark. Number 47.
PID: grinnell:14749

Title: Main Street looking east, Elgin, Iowa, Center Street
Description: Looking east on Center Street at the the W.H. Finke Drugstore on the right which opened around 1879. 1908 postmark.
PID: grinnell:16793

Title: Main Street, Dunkerton, Iowa, Post office
Description: Looking northeast at the post office and several businesses along Main Street in Dunkerton, Iowa. In 1853, two brothers, James and John Dunkerton, walked from Dubuque, Iowa, to stake out a claim of land near Lester. This claim became the town known as Lesterton, and later Dunkerton. 1909 postmark.
PID: grinnell:16027