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Title: Observatory Building, Des Moines, Iowa, Van Ginkel Building
Description: The first skyscraper in Iowa stood was on Locust Street reported at a height of 197 feet and heralded as "the tallest office building between Chicago and San Francisco" when it opened in 1896. It included a distinctive five-story observation tower and provided electricity and gas lighting to all tenants. The building was eventually demolished in1937, and this location is now occupied by Capital Square Mall. 1905 postmark. Number 105.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:16137

Title: Office of Herring Cottage, "The Swellest Little Hotel in Iowa", Belle Plaine, Iowa, Herring Hotel, The Herring, Hotel Herring, The Graham House Hotel
Description: Looking inside at the front office to Herring Cottage showing a table with a fan plugged into the ceiling light, front desk, and a piano in the parlor. The Herring Cottage, owned and operated by William P. Herring, ran a small auto bus from the hotel to the railroad depot to pick up guests and deliver them back to the train. The hotel was originally built in Colonial Revival style in 1900, designed by Cedar Rapids architect, Charles A. Dieman, and contracted by James Park of Belle Plaine. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:13789

Title: Order of Pythian Sisters Dispensation
Description: Charter for the Pythian Sisters Temple No. 198 in Grinnell, Iowa, giving the names of the founding sisters. On the original document you can see that "Pythian" is printed over the word "Rathbone" which was an earlier name for the Pythian Sisters. The names of the founding sisters are: Bessie D. Paine, Bessie M. Fraser, Lulu F. Scott, Madge Douglas, Luella Adams, Verbena Rollins, Blance Mason, Stella Mason, Nellie Wasco, Marie Kutish, Eunice Bryan, Anna Buchanan, Margaret Scott, Alma D. Wilson, Georgia Scott, Mary J. Jacobs, Lena K. Jacobs, Mary Stark, Lena Bodine, Anna Vogt, Sadie Evans, Della Tyson, Grace Alexander, Grace Fuller, Lily Satchell, Katie Payne, Ida Baughan.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:20219

Title: Orphans home, Beloit, Iowa, Lutheran Children's Home
Description: The Lutheran Children's Home was established by Norwegian Lutherans in 1890. The farm consisted of 617 acres of land. The home was closed in 1945 and the children's home was moved to Ames, Iowa.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:13735

Title: Peep at the Mississippi, Clinton, Iowa, Mississippi River
Description: Scenic view of the Mississippi River. Clinton is on the western shore of the Mississippi River and is the easternmost city in Iowa. The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge pass through Clinton along the river. Series 2155.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:14433

Title: Pleasant Hill School, Dundee, Iowa
Description: Looking at a group of children and teacher outside a one-story wooden schoolhouse. Number 952.
PID: grinnell:14665

Title: Presbyterian Church, Avoca, Iowa
Description: Looking at front entrance of two-story brick church building from the street.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:14222

Title: Programme, Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the Iowa Equal Suffrage Association, Iowa Equal Suffrage Association Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting Programme
Description: Program of the 34th annual meeting the the Iowa Equal Suffrage Association held in Panora, Iowa, on November 9-11, 1905. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection #161.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:5224