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Title: Earlham Academy, Earlham, Iowa
Description: Looking at a three-story brick and stone building with bell tower. The Earlham Academy was established in 1892 by Quakers. Number 12.
PID: grinnell:16808

Title: Early Automobiles
Description: Postcard view of three early (1910s) automobiles, one a Ford and one an Oakland. The postcard was sent on June 12, 1911 from Mort(?) Powers of New Sharon, Iowa, to John Mincer of Grinnell, Iowa. The X under the automobile on the right probably identifies Mr. Powers. Photo was possibly taken in New Sharon. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:6213

Title: Elkhorn College, Elkhorn, Iowa, Danish Lutheran College, Elkhorn Lutheran High School and College
Description: The Elkhorn Lutheran High School and College was established in 1878 to "help young folk coming over here from the fatherland, Denmark, to obtain such an instruction as weould qualify them for their professions or work in this country". The instruction was given in Danish and English. The main building was destroyed in a fire in 1910 and a new building dedicated the same year. The college was discontinued in the 1950s.
PID: grinnell:16789

Title: Ellis Park, view along the river path, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Cedar River, Red Cedar River
Description: Looking southeast at the Cedar River which is a tributary of the Iowa River and flows to the Mississippi River. The Cedar River takes its name from the red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) trees growing there, and was originally called the Red Cedar River by the Meskwaki Indians. Ellis Park was named for Robert Ellis, the patriarch and honored citizen of Cedar Rapids and Linn County who took active and helpful part in the early development of the city and county. 1911 postmark. Number 489861. Series 15309.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:14464

Title: Elm Street, Cresco, Iowa, O'Malley, F.
Description: Looking northwest on Elm Street with a view of the P.F. O'Malley building on the left with O'Malley's Department Store. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:16973

Title: Evergreen Chicken near Montezuma, Iowa
Description: Postcard view of a farmhouse and barn with an evergreen bush that has been sculpted to have a chicken at the top. Postcard is postmarked October 7, 1911, in Montezuma, Iowa, and is addressed to Mrs. Hettie Hege, Columbus, Indiana. The card is signed by Mrs. Clevenger.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:12522

Title: Fellows House
Description: Photograph of the Jesse Fellows house at 1527 Broad Street in Grinnell, Iowa, across from Merrill Park. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:6503

Title: Greetings from Deep River, Iowa, Main Street, Bird's Eye View, Christian Church, Deep River High School
Description: Two views of Main Street, bird's eye view of Deep River, Christian Church, Presbyterian Church, and high school. 1911 postmark. Number 11017.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:18265

Title: Greetings from Earlville, Iowa, Northern Avenue, Methodist Episcopal Church, Illinois Central Depot, Hotel corner, Earlville schools, Congregational Church, Street scene
Description: Looking at a greeting card with 7 postcard photos of the Methodist Episcopal Church built in 1866 and destroyed by fire in 1916, looking north on Northern Avenue, looking west at a train pulled up at the Illinois Central Depot in Earlville, Iowa, hotel corner north of the railroad tracks in Earlville, Earlville was one of the first consolidated school districts in Delaware County, and the Congregational Church built in 1859. 1911 postmark. Number 1017.
PID: grinnell:16922

Title: Helen Blair, Davenport, Iowa
Description: The Helen Blair was built in 1897 in Marietta, Ohio. In July of 1910, the Helen Blair steamboat struck a hidden obstruction in the channel of the Mississippi River causing her to sink in about 7 feet of water. The damage was estimated at $2,500 and she was raised and repaired. The boat was dismantled in 1920. 1911 postmark. Number 594-A.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:16960