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Title: High school, Brooklyn, Iowa
Description: Looking southwest at the original public school building built in 1914 at a cost of $50,000. A newer addition is to the south of the public building. 1956 postmark. Number 383-14.
Date Created: 1956
PID: grinnell:14447

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: Hospital, Brooklyn, Iowa, Hotel Brooklyn, Brooklyn Hotel, Stephenson House
Description: Two story wooden building with front porch in Brooklyn, Iowa. It was built as a residence in 1875 and used as a saloon and then a hotel called the Stephenson House. Dr. C. D. Busby later purchased the hotel and made it into a hospital. The hospital was closed and in 1900 it again became a hotel and restaurant. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1913 postmark. Number 16.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:13565

Title: I.O.O.F. Hall, Brooklyn, Iowa, Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall, IOOF Hall
Description: Main Street. Number 20. Next door is Karr Bros. Dry Goods store owned and operated by brothers Joseph and William Karr. Despite the awning reading "Kerr," research shows that the family name was Karr.
Date Created: 1914
PID: grinnell:13485

Title: Jackson Street north, Brooklyn, Iowa
Description: Looking north on Jackson Street in Brooklyn, Iowa. Gas light in foreground with power pole and clock. Number 7.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:14442

Title: Main Street, Brooklyn, Iowa, Jackson Street, Corinthian Lodge
Description: Looking southwest on Jackson Street in Brooklyn, Iowa. Shorter wooden building has "Photo Rooms" on the front. The large brick building with stone front is the Corinthian Lodge built in 1865 at a cost of $7,000 and has the initials "A.F. & A.M." on the front. The Ancient Free and Accepted Masons (A.F. & A.M.), No. 174, was organized in 1864 and chartered in 1865. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13851

Title: I.O.O.F. Hall, IOOF Hall, Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall, Main Street, Brooklyn, Iowa
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13349

Title: New modern $50,000 school building, Brooklyn, Iowa
Description: Looking southeast at the new public school building in Brooklyn, Iowa. Completed in 1914 at a cost of $50,000. 1914 postmark.
Date Created: 1914
PID: grinnell:14448

Title: Oklahoma Street East, Brooklyn, Iowa
Description: Looking east on a residential street. There appears to be a man pouring a sidewalk near the center of the photo. 1911 postmark. Number 4.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:18269