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Air view of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Aerial view of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Bayliss Park
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Description
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Looking northeast at an aerial view of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Bayliss Park is in the right-hand corner of the image. Verso: Council Bluffs, located in Southwestern Iowa, near the geographical center of the U.S.A. has a population of nearly 50,000. Its history goes back to 1804 when Lewis and Clark held council with the Indians on the high bluffs overlooking the Missouri River. 1964 postmark.
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Date Created
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1964
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PID
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grinnell:16243
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Bird's eye view, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Pottawattamie County Courthouse
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Description
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An aerial view looking east with the Pottawattamie County Courthouse on the left in the background. This second courthouse on South Pearl Street was built in 1888 at a cost of $141,800. It was later declared unsafe and was replaced with a Modernist structure in 1977. 1908 postmark.
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Date Created
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1908
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PID
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grinnell:16977
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Birds eye view of Arthur, Iowa, Bird's eye view of Arthur, Iowa, Birdseye view of Arthur, Iowa, Hoaglund and Son General Store
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Looking northeast at the business district of Arthur, Iowa, including the Hoaglund and Son General Store with a water tower in background. The town was incorporated in 1897. A yellow and purple banner says Arthur, Iowa. "If You were Here in Arthur, Iowa Rain or Shine Any Old Weather Would be Fine."--title page. Number 2103.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:13427
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Birds-eye view looking Southwest, Dysart, Iowa
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Description
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Looking southwest at the town of Dysart, Iowa, which was platted in 1872. The town takes its name from Joseph Dysart, a farmer and founder of the town.
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PID
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grinnell:14661
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Birdseye view, Conrad, Iowa, Bird's eye view, Main Street, Phoenix Building, Conrad State Bank
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Description
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Looking northeast from South Main Street in Conrad, Iowa, with the Phoenix Building housing the Conrad State Bank and a wooden water tower in the background. In 1894, a fire broke out and destroyed nearly every downtown building. The town rebuilt immediately, replacing wood frame structures with brick buildings. Known for its rich black dirt, Conrad claims to be the "Black Dirt Capital of the World. 1916 postmark. Number 108.
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Date Created
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1916
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PID
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grinnell:16986
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Birdseye view, Dana, Iowa, Dana, Samuel, Bird's eye view
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Description
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Aerial view of Dana, Iowa, with a shoe store on the right foreground and a church bell tower in the center background. Dana was incorporated in 1907 and was named after Samuel Dana, a pioneer settler who was a godfather in the project of establishing a trading center in the early days. 1912 postmark. Number 7.
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Date Created
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1912
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PID
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grinnell:16214
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East from Columbus Junction, Iowa
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Description
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Looking east from Columbus Junction, Iowa, at what appears to be a flooded Iowa River. Columbus Junction began as Clifton and was renamed in 1870. Number 21.
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Date Created
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1920
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PID
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grinnell:16990
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Street scene, Eagle Grove, Iowa, West Broadway Street
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Description
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Looking northwest on West Broadway Street at several businesses including on the right Leuthold & Hinkley Clothing who dealt in hats and general clothing lines was opened in 1913 by John Leuthold and Guy A. Hinkley, Christeson & Jensen Grocery Store, Schoonover Brothers Grocery, owned by Harry and Howard Schoonover, a drugstore, and the Princess Theatre opened in the early 1910s and refurbished in April 1918, and the Ray E. Roper Hardware Store in the left foreground. Number 5815.
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PID
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grinnell:15099