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Title: Eddyville views, Eddyville, Iowa, Iowa Central Depot, Wagon Bridge, Eddyville Bridge, Des Moines River, Walnut Street looking west, Baptist Church, Faith Community Church
Description: A multiview of Eddyville: 4. Looking southwest at the Iowa Central Depot or Eddyville Depot. 5. Looking northwest at the Eddyville Bridge with a couple men on horseback and others walking across the bridge over the Des Moines River. 6. Looking west on the corner of Walnut Street and South Third Street. 7. Looking southeast from North Third Street at a two-story wooden building. Eddyville, Iowa was founded by Jabish P. Eddy in 1841 before Iowa became a state. It was a place for trade with the Indians and for pioneers to provision and ford the Des Moines River.
PID: grinnell:15557

Title: Electric Light Plant, Earlham, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at a one-story electric power plant built by Hill and Johnson in 1909. Number 1.
PID: grinnell:16814

Title: Greetings from Eddyville, Iowa, Looking west on Walnut Street after the fire, Looking east at a flooded Walnut Street, Walnut Street looking west, Methodist Episcopal Church, Iowa Central Railroad Bridge, Wagon Bridge, Eddyville Bridge
Description: A multiview of Eddyville: 1. Looking west at Walnut Street after a fire. 2. (in center) Looking east at a flooded Walnut Street. 2. Looking west on Walnut Street. 3. Looking southwest at the Methodist Episcopal Church built in 1901. 4. The Iowa Central Railroad Bridge was a lost Howe through truss bridge over the Des Moines River build in 1886 and replaced 1901. 5. Looking northwest at the Eddyville Bridge with a couple men on horseback and others walking across the bridge over the Des Moines River. 1909 postmark.
PID: grinnell:16921

Title: H.W. Emeny Auto Company, Eldora, Iowa, Emeny, Harry W.
Description: Looking southeast at the three-story brick Wisner Building built in 1912 by Reed & Stern from St. Paul, Minnesota. The building was named after Gilman H. Wisner and it held the H.W. Emeny Auto Company. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
PID: grinnell:16795

Title: July 4, 1907 celebration, Elgin, Iowa, Elgin Concert Hall, Elgin IOOF Lodge, Order of the Eastern Star Lodge
Description: Looking east on Center Street at a July 4 parade. The Elgin Block, built in 1872, included the Elgin Concert Hall (on right), the Elgin Lodge, IOOF No. 220, and the Order of the Eastern Star Lodge. 1907 postmark.
PID: grinnell:16919

Title: Junkin and Moreland "Machine Shop", Earlham, Iowa
Description: Looking inside a machine shop with three men. Machines include a lathe, a drill press, and other tools.
PID: grinnell:16813

Title: Kretz Cafeteria interior, Dubuque, Iowa
Description: Looking at the interior of a two story café. From the time that it opened in 1934 through the early 1950s, Kretz Cafeteria was one of the most popular eating establishments in Dubuque. Diners could choose a table or booth on the main level or be seated on the more private balcony. Verso says: Most beautiful cafeteria in the Central States. Famous throughout the nation for wonderful food. 1940 postmark. Number A-1829.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:16926

Title: Main Street, Elkader, Iowa, H.W.& G.H. Wilke, Bayless Hotel
Description: Looking southwest on Main Street in Elkader with the Elkader State Bank on the far left background and the Bayless Hotel on the far right background. 1912 postmark. Number 6.
PID: grinnell:16918

Title: Main Street, Elkader, Iowa, H.W.& G.H. Wilke, Becker Brothers Drugstore, Bayless Hotel
Description: Looking south on North Main Street with the H.W.& G.H. Wilke building and the Becker Brothers Drugstore in the right foreground and the Bayliss Hotel in the right background.
PID: grinnell:16790

Title: Main Street, Elma, Iowa, Busti Avenue
Description: Looking north on Main Street in Elliott, Iowa, with a real estate office in the right background.
PID: grinnell:16786