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Title: Black bridge, North Dyersville, Iowa, North Fork Maquoketa River
Description: Looking at an metal arched bridge over the North Fork Maquoketa River. 1909 postmark.
PID: grinnell:14663

Title: Floyd River, Alton, Iowa
Description: Looking at the Floyd River, a tributary of the Missouri River is 112 miles long and located in northwestern Iowa. It enters the Missouri River at Sioux City and is named for Charles Floyd, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 1909 postmark. Number 13097.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14269

Title: Grand Isle near Davenport, Iowa, Grand Island, Credit Island, Offerman's Island, Suburban Island, Manhattan Island
Description: View of a sailboat and ferry boat with a pavilion in the background. This island has had many names beginning with Credit Island well known for the 1814 Battle of Credit Island, one of the westernmost battles of the War of 1812 fought between the Sauk Indians with British support and a regiment under the command of Zachary Taylor. Other names for the island were Offerman's Island, Grand Island [Isle], Manhattan Island, Offerman's Island, and Suburban Island. 1909 postmark. Number 4402.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:16953

Title: Sixth Avenue Bridge, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: The closed-spandrel arch bridge on Sixth Avenue was designed by Edwin Thatcher from New York and built in 1907. In 1965 it collapsed due to bad infrastructure and was replaced in 1966. 1909 postmark. Number 563.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:18817

Title: Wagon bridge crossing Nodaway River, Clarinda, Iowa
Description: Scenic view of the old wooden wagon bridge connected to the newer truss bridge. The river's name (as "Nodawa") first appears in the journal of Lewis and Clark, who camped at the mouth of the river on July 8, 1804. The name is an Otoe-Missouria term meaning "jump over water". 1909 postmark. Number D2206.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14076