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Title: Birds-eye view looking Southwest, Dysart, Iowa
Description: 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.
PID: grinnell:14661

Title: Chestnut Street South, Earlham, Iowa
Description: Looking southwest on Chesnut Street in Earlham, Iowa. Number 21.
PID: grinnell:16809

Title: Chestnut Street, Earlham, Iowa, S.W. Henkley Real Estate
Description: Looking north on Chestnut Street at several business including the S.W. Henkley Real Estate office on the left. Number 3.
PID: grinnell:16810

Title: Eddyville views, Eddyville, Iowa, Eddyville Toll Bridge, Des Moines River, Walnut Street looking east, Grant Cowley Building, Iowa Central Railroad Bridge, Iowa Central Depot
Description: A multiview of Eddyville: 1. Looking west from Main Street at a lost Howe pony truss bridge over the Des Moines River built in 1853 and replaced in 1885 by Stone, Boomer and Boyington of Davenport, Iowa. 2. Walnut Street looking east including the Grant Cowley building built in 1890 on the left. Grant Cowley (1864-1918) was an early founder and mayor of Eddyville, Iowa. 3. The Iowa Central Railroad Bridge was a lost Howe through truss bridge over the Des Moines River build in 1886 and replaced 1901. 4. Looking southwest at a railroad employee standing in front of the Iowa Central Depot. 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. Number 61460.
PID: grinnell:15558

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: Greetings from Earlville, Iowa, Northern Avenue, Methodist Episcopal Church, Illinois Central Depot, Hotel corner, Earlville schools, Congregational Church, Street scene
Description: Looking at a greeting card with 7 postcard photos of the Methodist Episcopal Church built in 1866 and destroyed by fire in 1916, looking north on Northern Avenue, looking west at a train pulled up at the Illinois Central Depot in Earlville, Iowa, hotel corner north of the railroad tracks in Earlville, Earlville was one of the first consolidated school districts in Delaware County, and the Congregational Church built in 1859. 1911 postmark. Number 1017.
PID: grinnell:16922

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

Title: Main Street, looking East, Dyersville, Iowa, A. Drexler Dry Goods, Dyersville Commercial, Farmers' State Bank, H.B. Glover Factory, Allen's Restaurant, J.H. Tauke Furniture Store
Description: Looking east on Main Street in Dyersville, Iowa, with clothier and saloon on the left and a garage, A. Drexler Dry Goods, the Dyersville Commercial newspaper office (started in the early 1870's), The Farmers' State Bank, H.B. Glover Factory, Allen's Restaurant, and the J. H. Tauke Furniture Store on the right. Dyersville, Iowa was founded in 1851 and named for an early landowner, James Dyer. Number 5.
PID: grinnell:16817