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Title: Monroe Hotel Demolition
Description: Three views of the demolition of the Monroe Hotel in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1971.
Date Created: 1971
PID: grinnell:17364

Title: Monte Cafe
Description: Matchbook covers advertising the Monte Cafe in Montezuma, Iowa. Produced by the Diamond Match Co.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:12520

Title: N.E. Corner of Main and First Streets, Montezuma, Iowa
Description: Postcard view of the northeast corner of Main and First Streets in Montezuma, Iowa.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6246

Title: Newburg Elevator
Description: The Newburg (Iowa) elevator in the early 1940s. The elevator was built in 1917 and demolished in 2014. Itel Gillespie and Mac (Glenn) McCarel are standing in front of the elevator. On the verso of the photo is a handwritten history of the elevator and the town which was probably written in the late 1960s. It reads: Newburg founded 1878. 100 years ago there were 2 grain elevators constructed of wood. Then in 1917-1918 a poured concrete elevator and a block warehouse were built and still in use. 3 grocery stores that burned. The present building that still stands was a grocery store, but now is an apartment house. The railroad depot was demolished about 5 years ago. A water tank furnished water to the steam engines. A stock yard was available for the farmers cattle and hogs. We had our own post office. The creamery building still stands and did a route business and part of the building used as an ice house. We once had a prosperous bank, but it closed in 1933. There have been 2 blacksmith shops, a lumber yard. The farmers owned a telephone switchboard. One of the residents owned and operated a Model T agency. At one time we had 2 churches, the Church of God and the Congregational, this is now known as the UCC. A KP hall served as community center where the women gathered to sew during World War I. The lower floor housed new farm machinery. Our school is still operating and it now serves just 6th graders and one kindergarten class. In 1964 a newly formed organization known as Newburg Community Service Association dug a 225 foot well. It serves all homes business, school and church.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:20602

Title: Newburg General Store
Description: The former Newburg General Store in Newburg, Iowa. Dorothy Palmer and her son, David Yandell are standing in front. Charles Austin and Nora Belle Palmer lived above the store with their family in the early 20th century. Abi (Alden) and Anson Palmer (Charles' parents) were married and began farming in what became Newburg in 1877. In 1881, Abi's brother, George Alden, bought the little general store on the land they were farming for Abi and George's mother, Louisa, and unmarried sister, Vesta, to live in. In 1920 or 1921 the apartment above the general store was available and Charles Austin Palmer and his wife, Nora Belle (Brown), lived there with their children when they returned to Newburg in 1920 or 1921, after building houses in Carpenter, Wyoming for a few years. Philip Palmer was born here and the family continued to reside above the store until around 1928, when they moved to Grinnell.
Date Created: 2008
PID: grinnell:12024

Title: Newburg Street Scenes
Description: Three views of Newburg, Iowa, showing the general store and the church with automobiles parked along the street.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:12004

Title: Night Views of McNally's Super Valu
Description: Two night views of McNally's Super Valu grocery store at 1021 Main Street in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1955.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:11916

Title: North Side Square, Montezuma, Ia., North Side Square, Montezuma, Iowa
Description: Looking east on East Main Street from the corner of 4th Street and East Main Street towards the north side of the street in downtown Montezuma, Iowa, around 1950. Rexall Drug and Monte Cafe are visible.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:27195

Title: North Side Square, Montezuma, Ia. 160-A, North Side Square, Montezuma, Iowa
Description: Postcard view of Main Street in Montezuma, Iowa, looking west northwest from the intersection of 4th Street and Main. Visible businesses include the Monte Cafe, Rexall Drugs, United Appliance, Ross 5 & 10, Powell's Grocery, Western Auto Associate Store, the Monte theater, and Monte Drugs. Postcard published by the L.L. Cook Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:12508

Title: North Side of Fourth Avenue
Description: Stereo card view of the north side of 4th Avenue between Main and Broad Streets in Grinnell, Iowa taken between 1879 and 1885.The first building on the left is the Eagle Block built in 1879. The Eagle Block and the building with the sign "Boots & Shoes" at the top are still standing (2017). The wooden buildings are no longer standing with the exception of the hardware store building which was moved, had its roofline changed and is now a home at 1316 4th Avenue. Visible business signs include ? & Norris, Attorney at Law; Dr. Kittoe, Dentist; H.C. Hyatt; Meat Market; and Hardware.
Date Created: 1880
PID: grinnell:13250