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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: Great Northern Mountain Engine No. 1907
Description: Steam locomotive with coal car. Postcard from George Hodgdon to William S. Hodgdon dated August 1, 1909 and mailed the same day with an R.P.O. (Railway Post Office) postmark. A second postmark on the front from Sioux City. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:27284

Title: Greetings from Buffalo, Iowa, Front Street, Buffalo High School, Buffalo Tile Works, St. Peter Catholic Church, Dohrman's General Store, Buffalo Town Hall, Buffalo Depot and Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Description: Montage of eight Buffalo landmarks: Looking northwest on Front Street. Looking north at Buffalo High School located at 326 Fourth Street, Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa. Looking southeast at Buffalo Tile Works. Looking north at St. Peter Catholic Church located at 406 Fourth Street, Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa. Buffalo Town Hall. Looking north at Dohrman's General Store owned by Henry Dohrman. Looking northeast at the Buffalo Post Office located at 326 Front Street, Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa. Looking east at the Buffalo Depot built around 1882 and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13290

Title: Greetings from Burt, Iowa, German M.E. Church, School, Presbyterian Church, Methodist Episcopal Church, English M.E. Church, Burt United Methodist Church
Description: Montage of four building in Burt, Iowa: The English M.E. Church was built in 1889. The German M.E. Church was built in 1893. The Presbyterian Church was built in 1895. The two-story school was erected in 1893. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13303

Title: Greetings from Callender, Iowa, Main Street West, City hall, Main Street East, Public school, Birdseye view
Description: Montage of Callendar, Iowa: Looking east and west on Main Street. Looking south at city hall. Looking at a three-story public school. A birdseye view of the city. 1909 postmark. Number E-192.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13328

Title: Greetings from Eddyville, Iowa, Looking west on Walnut Street after the fire, Looking east at a flooded Walnut Street, Walnut Street looking west, Methodist Episcopal Church, Iowa Central Railroad Bridge, Wagon Bridge, Eddyville Bridge
Description: A multiview of Eddyville: 1. Looking west at Walnut Street after a fire. 2. (in center) Looking east at a flooded Walnut Street. 2. Looking west on Walnut Street. 3. Looking southwest at the Methodist Episcopal Church built in 1901. 4. The Iowa Central Railroad Bridge was a lost Howe through truss bridge over the Des Moines River build in 1886 and replaced 1901. 5. Looking northwest at the Eddyville Bridge with a couple men on horseback and others walking across the bridge over the Des Moines River. 1909 postmark.
PID: grinnell:16921

Title: Main Street, Arbor Lake, Stewart Library, Armory, Colonial Theater, Grinnell Hospital, Greetings from Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Montage of eight Grinnell landmarks: Main Street, Arbor Lake, Stewart Library, Armory, Colonial Theater, Broad Street, Grinnell Hospital, Grinnell High School. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13292

Title: Washington Street, Grandstand, Bear Creek Bridge, Train on tracks, Greetings from Victor, Iowa
Description: Montage of four scenes in Victor, Iowa: Washington Street, Grandstand, Bear Creek Bridge and a train on the tracks. 1909 postmark. Number 4750.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13406

Title: Hauser Hotel, Montezuma, Iowa
Description: Looking southwest at the entrance to a three story brick building with a large front porch. The historical records show this as the Carroll House Hotel or the Carter Hotel built in 1892 by J.C. Forcum. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13439