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Title: View along Main Street, Camp Dodge, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest at the long row of barracks. Original construction of Camp Dodge began in 1907, to provide a place for the National Guard units to train. In 1917, the installation was handed over to national authorities and greatly expanded to become a regional training center for forces to participate in the First World War. The name Camp Dodge comes from Brigadier General Grenville M. Dodge, who organized Iowa's first National Guard unit in 1856. Number 52965.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16878

Title: View from Central Park
Description: View from the center of Central Park in Grinnell, Iowa, looking to the northwest (the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Broad Street). The photo is before Merchants National Bank was built in 1914. Published by Douglas Publishing Co., Buffalo, N.Y. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:12235

Title: Grinnell College, Ninth Street Grinnell, Iowa, 9th Street, Grinnell, Iowa, View from Herrick Chapel, Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking west at Ninth Street from inside Herrick Chapel. Constructed in 1907 at a cost of approx. $20,000, Herrick Chapel was designed to house the college's religious services and to serve as a general purpose large auditorium which seats 700.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:13411

Title: Grinnell College, View from Herrick Chapel, Iowa College, [Grinnell, Iowa]
Description: Looking west down Seventh Avenue. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13815

Title: View from Rainbow Drive, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Monument Road
Description: Rainbow Drive was a scenic spot commemorating the Lewis and Clark visit to the area in 1804. H.G. (Harry) McGee, a prominent businessman in the community, contributed $1,000 toward the purchase of the land and he was named "Father of Rainbow Drive." Number 115441.
Date Created: 1927
PID: grinnell:18379

Title: View from the Top of the Grotto of the Redemption, West Bend, Iowa
Description: View from the Top of the Grotto of the Redemption, West Bend, Iowa
PID: grinnell:14771

Title: Central school, View from water tank, Newton, Iowa
Description: Looking southeast at the Jasper County Court House and the Central School building in the background from the water tower.
Date Created: 1922
PID: grinnell:13896

Title: View in Union Park, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: View of benches in the park with a woman and children walking in the background. 1912 postmark.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:18888

Title: View in city square park, Afton, Iowa, Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall, I.O.O.F.
Description: Looking southeast from the park at the I.O.O.F. building. Number 8.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14289