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Title: Book keeping dept., Winnesheik County State Bank, Decorah, Iowa, Book keeping dept., Winneshiek County State Bank, Decorah, Iowa, Bookkeeping department, Winneshiek County State Bank
Description: Interior view of the Winneshiek County State Bank designed by architect E. H. Turnock, from Elkhart, Indiana and built in 1915 at a cost of $90,000. Number 41533.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16945

Title: Brown Family
Description: Postcard view of the Brown family inside their Hickory Grove home in Jasper County, Iowa. Middle row on the left are Izora and Emory Brown. Nora Belle Brown is in the back row on the right. Velox stamp box on verso.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:12017

Title: Bulger's Hollow near Clinton, Iowa, Bulger's Hollow Recreation Area
Description: Serene picture of Bulger's Hollow located at 4686 170th Street, Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa, just north of Clinton at the point where the Mississippi River stretches 3.5 miles from bank to bank. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14434

Title: Business block, Charles City, Iowa, W.C. Hering & Co.
Description: Looking northeast toward the Main Street business district of Charles City, Iowa, with W.C. Hering & Co. furniture store on the corner.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13610

Title: C. & N.W. Railroad entering Alton, Iowa, Little Floyd River Bridge, Chicago and North Western Railroad
Description: Looking south at Alton, Iowa, from the Chicago and North Western Railway and Little Floyd River Bridge with signs on the right that say "Alton CNE Mile" and "Railroad Crossing Lookout [for] the Cars". You can see the steam rising from the train's smokestack in the background.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13888

Title: C. B. & Q. Depot, Albia, Iowa, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Depot
Description: One story brick depot with signal and railroad carts, a telegraph sign on the front of the building, and a child leaning against the building with people walking on the brick platform. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway had plans for securing railroads for Albia as early as 1865 when they proposed to extend their line westward from Ottumwa to Albia and Chariton. The company wanted Monroe and Lucas counties to raise $100,000 to secure the road, threatening to locate the line through some other territory if that amount was not guaranteed. The people of Monroe County granted the right of way with the depot grounds at Albia. The C., B., & Q. traversed the entire portion of Monroe County from east to west, a distance of a little more than 27 miles, and its total value was assessed at $349,647 in 1896. Number 46670. Number 46670.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13885

Title: C.&N.W.R. Steam Engine, Chicago and North Western Railway Steam Engine
Description: Postcard view of a C.&N.W. Railway steam engine and engineers. Azo stamp box with four triangles pointing up on verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:27285

Title: Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad [Train] Wreck, March 21, 1910, C.R.I. and P. R.R. Wreck, Gladbrook, Iowa
Description: Pulling bodies from the passenger cars where over 50 people died in this horrific train wreck near Green Mountain and Gladbrook, Iowa on March 21,1910. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13882

Title: Camp library, American Library Association, Camp Dodge, Iowa
Description: Looking north at the original Camp Dodge library accredited by the American Library Association. From July to November of 1917, construction at Camp Dodge took place at a frenetic pace which included thirty barracks, two headquarters buildings, a 3,000-seat auditorium, a base hospital, three fire stations, post offices, libraries, and railroad depots were also constructed. In addition, there were 8 YMCA halls, a YWCA auditorium, a YWCA Hostess House, and centers for such organizations as the Knights of Columbus, the Lutheran Brotherhood, and the Jewish Welfare Service. Located at 7105 Northwest 70th Avenue, Johnston, Polk County, Iowa.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14689

Title: Car Show
Description: Postcard view of car show in Grinnell, Iowa, about 1910. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6284