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Hercules Manufacturing Company, Centerville, Iowa
Title
Hercules Manufacturing Company, Centerville, Iowa
Description
Looking northeast at Hercules Manufacturing which evolved from a patented stump puller created in 1901 by Miles Batemen and B.A. Fuller. In 1911, "The largest plant of its kind in the world" was built" and placed at the east side of 21st Street at the junction of the Burlington and Rock Island Railroads. Verso says "Hercules Triple Stump Puller and High Grade Crucible Steel Castings". 1915 postmark. Number R-39938.
Date Created
1913
PID
grinnell:14457
Mercy Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa
Title
Mercy Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa
Description
Looking at Mercy Hospital founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1893. This building was located on the northwest corner of 4th and Ascension. In 1907, it could accommodate 125 patients and today Mercy has 802 beds and more than 6,600 employees. It is the longest continually operating hospital in Des Moines. 1913 postmark.
Date Created
1913
PID
grinnell:16141
New S. & L. Building, Des Moines, Iowa
Title
New S. & L. Building, Des Moines, Iowa, New Savings and Loan Building
Description
Looking at the National Life Savings and Loan Building. 1913 postmark.
Date Created
1913
PID
grinnell:18815
Victoria Sanitarium, Colfax, Iowa
Title
Victoria Sanitarium, Colfax, Iowa, Victoria Sanitorium
Description
A picturesque, red brick colonial building, with spacious white porches, situated on one of the beautiful wooded hillsides of Colfax. Built in 1904, when Florence Brown Sherbon, A. M., M. D., her husband, John Bayard Sherban, M. D., and her father James Brown, incorporated the Victoria Sanatorium and Mineral Spring. 1913 postmark. Number 12321.
Date Created
1913
PID
grinnell:13612