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Title: Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Ia., Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Color postcard view of Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa. There is a rowboat on the lake and a two-story boathouse. Young trees are growing in the park and there is a flagpole. The image appears to be a painting of some type, not a photograph. The postcard is addressed to Mrs. Lena Schneider, Minden, Nebraska, and postmarked September 27, 1909. The card was made in Germany and imported by Brown & Harrington, Grinnell. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:12337

Title: Camping at Lewis Springs
Description: Postcard view of men, women, and children posed in front of a tent while camping at Lewis Springs on August 20-23, 1909. Charles Austin Palmer is second from the left. His fiance, Nora Belle Brown is third from the left. Lewis Springs is possibly Cold Spring at Lewis, Iowa. Velox stamp box on postcard.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:11934

Title: Congregational Church & High School, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Color postcard view of the Congregational Church and the High School located on the north side of Fourth Avenue between Park and Broad Streets in Grinnell, Iowa. Postcard is addressed to Daisy Liebeskind (?) in Letts, Iowa, and postmarked November 7, 1909, in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:11302

Title: First United Presbyterian Church, Grinnell, Iowa -- 920
Description: Postcard view of the First United Presbyterian Church in Grinnell, Iowa. Card is addressed to Miss M.P. Seltzer in Union City, Pennsylvania, and postmarked September 4, 1909, in Cleveland(?), North Dakota. Postcard published by C.U. Williams Photoette in Bloomington, Illinois. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:11311

Title: G.A.R. and Masonic Hall, Montezuma, Ia., G.A.R. and Masonic Hall, Montezuma, Iowa
Description: Postcard view of the G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) and Masonic Hall in Montezuma, Iowa. Postcard is postmarked March 5, 1909, in Montezuma, Iowa, and is addressed to Mrs. Ellis Winters, Sherwood, Oregon. Card is signed by Edna Thorn.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:12506

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: Hauser Hotel, Montezuma, Iowa No. 331
Description: Postcard view of the Hauser Hotel in Montezuma, Iowa, which is located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Main Street and 5th Street. Card is postmarked October 4, 1909, in Montezuma, Iowa, is addressed to Mrs. R.M. Anderson, Newell, Iowa, and is signed by her sister, Jane.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:12514

Title: Iowa College Campus, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Color postcard view of the Iowa College (Grinnell College) campus. No buildings are visible, only trees. Postcard is addressed to Miss Nora Murphy, Grinnell, Iowa, and is postmarked September 15, 1909. Postcard published by Jno T. Faber, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:6322

Title: J.W. Harpster house
Description: Black and white photograph of the James Wilson Harpster house at 1033 6th Avenue in Grinnell. This is the southwest corner of 6th Avenue and West Street (Highway 6) where the Phillips 66 service station currently stands. An early Model T Touring car sits out front with the folding top extended. The photograph was taken in 1909, but the house was built earlier.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:26641

Title: Main Street, Searsboro, Ia., Main Street, Searsboro, Iowa
Description: Postcard view of Main Street in Searsboro, Iowa. Number B1537A1, published by P.T. Logue and H. G. Zimmerman & Co., Chicago. Postcard addressed to Mrs. A. C. Smith, 731 S. Main, Kewanee, Illinois, and dated October 21, 1909.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:27201