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Title: M.E. Church, Methodist Episcopal Church, Presbyterian Church, Christian Church, Congregational Church, Greetings from Newton, Iowa
Description: Four small insets of Newton, Iowa's churches. 1912 postmark. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:13311

Title: Grinnell high school debating team 1912, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Six members of the 1912 Grinnell High School debating team: Nelson, McIlrath, Ray, Goss, Smiley, Taylor. 1912 postmark.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:14369

Title: Rinefort's, Morse Building, Grinnell's largest clothier, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking southwest from the corner of 4th Avenue and Broad Street. The Morse Building was constructed in 1889 after the 800 block of Broad Street was destroyed in the 1889 fire. 1912 postmark.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:13529

Title: Rinefort's, Spencer Building, Grinnell's largest clothier, [Grinnell, Iowa]
Description: Looking northeast from Fourth Avenue with bicycles and automobile. The Spencer Building was constructed in 1884 for a sum of $5,768.26. 1912 postmark.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:13558

Title: Gym, Charles City College, Charles City, Iowa, German-English College, German-English Normal School, Gymnasium
Description: Two-story wooden building. Sponsored by the Northwest German Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the German-English College was built in 1892. The name of the college was changed to Charles City College in 1894. The college fielded teams in football and basketball, included a women's basketball team in 1914. The college was open until 1914 when it merged with Morningside College in Sioux City. 1912 postmark. Number R-21634.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:13843

Title: Heryford Brothers Building, Belle Plaine, Iowa
Description: Three story brick and stone building constructed in 1913. Some awnings are open and there is snow on the ground.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:14203

Title: High school building, Cherokee, Iowa, Lincoln High School
Description: Lincoln High School was built in 1895 at a cost of $20,000 on the corner of Main and First Street. It was built with Sioux Falls granite that was brought in by train. The building was razed in 1960. 1912 postmark.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:14088

Title: High school building, Durant, Iowa, Durant High School
Description: Looking north at a three-story brick building. Durant was first named Brayton after its founder Benjamin Brayton. The name was later changed to Durant after Thomas C. Durant, one of the pioneers of the Transcontinental Railroad and an individual who contributed the bulk of funds needed to build the town's first public school. 1912 postmark.
PID: grinnell:16818

Title: High school, Albia, Iowa, Albia High School
Description: In 1868 the independent district of Albia erected a three-story brick building at a cost of $28,000, but in 1878 it was destroyed by fire. A new structure was built in 1879 at a cost of $30,000. 1912 postmark. Number 2224.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:14282

Title: Home coming parade 1912, Bellevue, Iowa, Homecoming parade, South Second Street, South 2nd Street
Description: Looking northwest on South Second Street at homecoming parade of horses and buggies filled with local familes in Bellevue, Iowa. 1912 postmark.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:13785