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Title: Street car entrance to Fairmount Park, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Graham, Andrew C.
Description: Looking at streetcar line in Fairmount Park. Acquisitioned and developed by Andrew C. Graham (“father of the Council Bluffs park system"), Fairmount Park was once considered the greatest park in the area and has a history of being one of the premier parks in the country. It featured a greenhouse, ice skating, sledding, a petting zoo and an old bell tower. 1912 postmark. Number 8152.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:16240

Title: Street looking east, Bancroft, Iowa, A.H. Fuchs Hardware
Description: Looking east on W. Ramsey Street with a Rexall drugs sign on the second building from the left and A.H. Fuchs Hardware sign the first building on the right. Number B127.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:13848

Title: Street scene in winter, Ames, Iowa
Description: Looking west on Main Street at a horse-drawn sleigh and street trolley in winter. Cooley & Jones Harness shop is on the left. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:14251

Title: Street scene looking east, Anita, Iowa
Description: Looking east on Main Street in Anita, Iowa, with a cafe on the right and various stores & shop along the street. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:14245

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