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Title: Street scene, Adel, Iowa, Reynolds Grocer & Baker, City Market, The Leader, Cuzad & Freeman, Drugs & Jewelry
Description: Looking east on Main Street. Buildings with newspaper, drugstore, jewelry store, clothing store, grocer, baker and city market.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:13305

Title: Street scene, Amana, Iowa, Greetings from Amana, Iowa
Description: Looking down a dirt street in Amana, Iowa. The Amana Colony is seven villages on 26,000 acres located in Iowa County. 1909 postmark. Number 263915. Series 5. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13836

Title: Street scene, Amana, Iowa, Greetings from Amana, Iowa
Description: Amana main street looking toward woolen mill. 1917 postmark. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1917
PID: grinnell:13838

Title: Street scene, Bedford, Iowa, F.E. Walker Building, Court Avenue, James Thompson Mercantile Company
Description: Looking north on Court Avenue with the Taylor County Courthouse in the background. The building on corner right says F.E. Walker at top. It was erected in 1879 costing approximately $12,000. Reportedly, the original owner of the building was James M. Thompson housing the James Thompson Mercantile Co. (printed on side of building) until 1918. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places under Bedford Commercial Historic District.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:13608

Title: Street scene, Charter Oak, Iowa, Loomis & Murphy
Description: Looking north from the National Savings Bank on Main Street. Sign on second building to left says, Loomis & Murphy. Sign on building to the right says "Money orders for sale here. Cheaper rates than charged by post office & express co." 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:13737

Title: Street scene, Chester, Iowa, Brincken Drug Company, Brincken, Anton, Chester Post Office
Description: Corner view of the Brincken Drug Company originally owned Anton Brincken and the Chester Post Office in the background. 1912 postmark.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:13912

Title: Street scene, Dows, Iowa, Main Street, E.G. Westerman and Company, Finn, C.W.
Description: Looking northeast on Main Street. Awnings and sign shown are furniture and rugs, ice cream, fruit and confectionery, E.G. Westerman and Co. General Merchandise, post office, and C.W. Finn. Dows, Iowa (originally named Otisville) was established in 1880 and named for a railroad contractor. 1918 postmark.
Date Created: 1918
PID: grinnell:16058

Title: Street scene, Elkader, Iowa, Elkader State Bank, White Funeral Home, Kramer's Market
Description: Looking west from the corner of Bridge Street and North Main Street with the Elkader State Bank in the right foreground and the furniture and undertaking building across the street. 1916 postmark. Number 4.
Date Created: 1916
PID: grinnell:16791

Title: Street scene, Farnhamville, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest at various businesses from Foster Street down Garfield Avenue. Farnhamville was platted in 1881 under the name Farnham, named in honor of R. E. Farnham, a railroad official. Postal authorities refused to accept the name Farnham, so town was renamed Farnhamville when the post office opened later in 1881.Farnhamville was incorporated as a city in 1892. 1912 postmark.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:16772

Title: Street scene, Gilman, Iowa, Farmer's State Bank
Description: Looking at a dirt street in downtown Gilman, Iowa, showing three automobiles parked alongside the automobile garage. Farmer's State Bank is the one-story brick building on the corner. Number 6514.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:13867