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Title: Baxter Junior Band, Baxter, Iowa
Description: Baxter Junior Band showing 14 members holding instruments. Second from the left standing is Wesley Krampe as stated on verso. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14213

Title: Beach at Methodist Camp, Clear Lake, Iowa
Description: People swimming with a sign that reads "This Beach Closed to All Swimmers After Dark". The area is now the Bell Harbor Homeowners Association, but it once consisted only of cabins owned by various Methodist churches in Iowa. Number H-233.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:14042

Title: Beautiful State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking east at the Iowa State Capitol building which was completed in 1886 at a cost of $3,296,256, and, and at the time, was the only five-domed capitol in the country. The dome of the capitol is gilded with tissue-paper thin sheets of pure 23-karat gold with a protective layer sealing the gold from the weather, and the top of its finial peak is 275 feet (84 m) above the ground. From its opening during 1884 until 1924, it was the tallest building in Des Moines, and likely the entire state. Located at 1007 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number P31092.
Date Created: 1965
PID: grinnell:16871

Title: Beauty spot, Clear Lake, Iowa
Description: Serene spot on the Clear Lake viewed from a boat dock. Number M-511.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:14043

Title: Belle Plaine Fire Department at work, Belle Plaine, Iowa, Northern Grain Company
Description: Fire fighters fighting a grain elevator fire in Belle Plaine, Iowa. Two fire engines are pictured. Grain elevator in the background says Northern Grain Company. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14204

Title: Bird's Eye View of Davenport, Iowa, showing dam and bridge in background, Lock and Dam No. 15, Government Bridge, Arsenal Bridge
Description: Aerial view looking east at Davenport, Iowa, and the Mississippi River with the Lock and Dam No. 15 and Government Bridge in the background. Number 5A-H764.
Date Created: 1935
PID: grinnell:14684

Title: Bird's eye view looking northwest from Equitable Building, Des Moines, Iowa, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Cathedral Church of Saint Paul, St. Ambrose Cathedral
Description: Looking northwest at several churches located in downtown Des Moines including St. Paul's Episcopal Church and St. Ambrose Cathedral which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 1912 postmark. Number 1754.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:16167