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Title: 1st Presbyterian Church, Council Bluffs, Iowa, First Presbyterian Church
Description: Looking northeast at the front entrance of the First Presbyterian Church built in 1865. This building was raised and a new, larger church building was built in 1887. It was located at 634 Willow Avenue, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. 1905 postmark. Number 19.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:16979

Title: Adams Street, East from Summit Hotel, Creston, Iowa, Summit House
Description: One of the first hotels in Creston, Iowa, the Summit Hotel, was built in 1880 by a stock company composed of Swan & Becker and Colonel Beckwith, among others, and was destroyed by fire in 1896. The hotel owners rebuilt on the same site later that year, but shortly before midnight on December 1916 another fire destroyed the building. The loss was estimated at $200,000 and defective electrical wiring was believed to have caused the fire. Creston centennial card, 1869-1969.
Date Created: 1914
PID: grinnell:16226

Title: Adel State Bank, Adel, Iowa, Rexall Drug Store, Tawney, J.F.
Description: Looking northwest at the corner of Ninth and Main Streets at the Adel State Bank, the Rexall Drug Store, and J.F. Tawney's Grocery Store. The building was built in 1908. It is located at 901 Main Street, Adel, Dallas County, Iowa, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 19.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:14290

Title: Air view of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Aerial view of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Bayliss Park
Description: Looking northeast at an aerial view of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Bayliss Park is in the right-hand corner of the image. Verso: Council Bluffs, located in Southwestern Iowa, near the geographical center of the U.S.A. has a population of nearly 50,000. Its history goes back to 1804 when Lewis and Clark held council with the Indians on the high bluffs overlooking the Missouri River. 1964 postmark.
Date Created: 1964
PID: grinnell:16243

Title: Albia hospital, Albia, Iowa, Miner's Hospital, Smith Hospital, Miller, Robert P., Gutch, T.E.
Description: Looking at the first hospital in Monroe County which was formed in 1909 at the corner of South Clinton and Second Avenue East. It was a former boarding house owned by Dr. Robert P. Miller. In later years, Dr. T.E. Gutch operated the facility then known as the Miner’s Hospital. This hospital closed during World War I due to a shortage of nursing staff. In 1946, after some reconstruction, the hospital was re-opened by Dr. R.A. Smith and was known as Smith Hospital. Monroe County Residents gradually grew out of the Smith Hospital. In 1952, a new hospital was built and the Smith Hospital closed in 1957. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14285

Title: Albia square from the southeast corner, Albia, Iowa, Monroe County Courthouse, Monroe County Court House
Description: Looking northwest at a panoramic view of the Albia square which includes the courthouse, bicycle, horses and carriages and electric lines. Listed in the National Register for Historic Places as the Albia Square and Central Commercial Historic District. 1909 postmark. Number 8109.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13934

Title: Albia's variety store, Albia, Iowa, A & A Shoe Store
Description: Looking southwest at a three-story brick building with fire escape. The A & A Shoe Store is on the right. Number 6951.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:14284

Title: Alta Opera House, Alta, Iowa, The Alta
Description: Looking west at the opera house was a three-story brick veneer building built in 1907 and located on the Clarkson block.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14273

Title: Alta Opera House, Alta, Iowa, The Alta
Description: Looking northwest at the opera house (pictured on the left) was a three-story brick veneer building built in 1907 and located on the Clarkson block. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14274

Title: Alta State Bank, Alta, Iowa
Description: A corner view of a two-story brick building with Doctor Johnson's office and a barber pole on the left and a telegraph office and shoe store on the right. Number 8.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:14272