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Title: First United Presbyterian Church
Description: Looking southwest on corner of Fifth Avenue and Park Street. "The old Presbyterian church [was] demolished in 1977 for the new church, the old one faced 5th av & was on State St."
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13855

Title: Unloading Chicago and Northwestern Railroad cars, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: View of men unloading supplies from the railroad cars into the horsedrawn wagons. 1910 postmark. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16069

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: 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

Title: View of Mississippi River, Dubuque, Iowa
Description: Looking north at the great Mississippi River which is one of the world’s major river systems in size, habitat diversity and biological productivity, and is the second longest river in the United States. Number 5900.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:16030

Title: View of Mississippi River, looking North from Mother House Grounds, Dubuque, Iowa, Motherhouse Grounds, Mt. Carmel Motherhouse, Mt. Carmel Convent
Description: Looking north at the great Mississippi River which is one of the world’s major river systems in size, habitat diversity and biological productivity, and is the second longest river in the United States. Land was purchased in 1889 with part of the money the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM) received as part of an indemnity of $6,400 for buildings of theirs burned in Philadephia. The school and convent in Dubuque was moved south of Dubuque. The convent was called Mount Carmel and and the land, St. Joseph's Prairie. Mount Carmel Motherhouse sits on 110 acres overlooking the Mississippi River. In the past, the building was the spiritual home for nearly 600 Sisters in the community. The motherhouse is also the administrative center of the congregation. Number 22535.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:16031

Title: View of home, Deep River, Iowa
Description: Verso says "Our house we lived in at Deep River". -author unknown. Title by cataloger.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18267

Title: View of home, Deep River, Iowa
Description: Verso says "First house we lived in at Deep River". -author unknown. Title by cataloger.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18266

Title: View of the Mississippi from Eagle Point, Clinton, Iowa, Mississippi River, Joyce's Park
Description: Eagle Point Park has 164 acres overlooking the Mississippi River and General Zebulon Pike Lock and Dam (No. 11). Number 4849. PCK series.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13751