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Baxter Junior Band, Baxter, Iowa
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Baxter Junior Band showing 14 members holding instruments. Second from the left standing is Wesley Krampe as stated on verso. 1908 postmark.
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Date Created
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1908
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PID
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grinnell:14213
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Boat landing, Mississippi River, Clinton, Iowa
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People gathered to board a steamer for a cruise. The Clinton Bridge is in the background. In the first quarter of a century after Clinton county was entered for settlement, it had to depend upon the river and the freight wagon, with an occasional stage coach, or horse mail-carrier, for all that it received from the outside world. 1908 postmark. Number 2553.
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Date Created
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1908
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grinnell:14436
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Central Park, Davenport, Iowa, Vander Veer Botanical Park
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View of children on a spring day in Central Park. In 1885 the city of Davenport acquired the property that had been the Scott County Fairgrounds. It is a significant example of landscape planning, and of the civic improvements that were being made by the city in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Five years after the land was purchased and improved it was named Central Park after New York City's park of the same name. Central Park was renamed Vander Veer after an early Davenport park commissioner in 1911. Located at 215 West Central Park Avenue, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, the park consists of 70.8 acres, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 1908 postmark. Number 13206.
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Date Created
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1908
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PID
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grinnell:16958
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Clearfield High School, Clearfield, Iowa
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The first Clearfield High School was built in 1898 of pressed brick containing 11 rooms at a cost of $20,000. The building was destroyed by fire on March 24, 1940, on Easter Sunday and a new building was completed in 1941. That building was closed in 1986. 1908 postmark.
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Date Created
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1908
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grinnell:14038
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Danbury Hotel, Danbury, Iowa
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View of a 3 story wooden building with front porch. 1908 postmark. Number 7.
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Date Created
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1908
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grinnell:16963
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Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, Administration Building, Old Main
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Looking northeast at the front entrance of Drake University's Administration Building, now known as Old Main. Drake University was founded in 1881. The architectural style is High Victorian Gothic. Old Main is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is located at 2507 University Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1908 postmark. Number 1747.
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Date Created
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1908
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grinnell:16864
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Family picnic, Clarinda, Iowa
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A family gathered around the picnic table outside their home near Clarinda, Iowa. 1908 postmark.
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Date Created
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1908
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PID
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grinnell:14075