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Title: Crocker School, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking southwest at two children in the foreground with the Crocker School in the background. The school was built in 1870 and demolished ca. 1962. It was named after Marcellus Monroe Crocker, a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and prominent lawyer in Des Moines, Iowa. 1909 postmark. Number 48.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:16929

Title: Deep River High School, Deep River, Iowa
Description: Looking southwest at the front entrance of a two-story brick school building constructed at the turn of the century. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18268

Title: East Des Moines High School, Des Moines, Iowa, East High School
Description: Looking east at a four-story stone building built in 1911 and renovated in 2005. When the building first opened, the school board was unable to afford new furniture, because of the enormous cost of its construction. During the first spring of the building's existence, a number of students used whatever vehicles they could provide to haul the furniture from the old building to the new one. Located at 815 East 13th Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1915 postmark. Number 8913.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:16158

Title: Franklin School, Fairfield, Iowa
Description: Picture of Franklin School. This was the first school building built in Fairfield and opening ceremonies were on March 30, 1868. The school was burned in 1912. Number 391.
PID: grinnell:15980

Title: George Greene Square, showing high school, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Washington High School, Washington Park, Parsons' Grounds, Franklin Square, Old Square, Depot Park
Description: Looking east at the original Washington High School (on the right) built in 1891 on the corner of Fourth Avenue and Fifth Street SE. It was a three-story brick building with a white belfry, and it was the largest public school in Iowa at that time. The building was demolished in 1946. In the early 1900s, the square featured an electric fountain that showcased artistic water streams, lights and drinking fountains. George Greene was an attorney, judge, railroad owner, and one of the city's founders. Number 1844.
Date Created: 1927
PID: grinnell:13605

Title: Grade School, Bedford, Iowa
Description: This large brick and stone building was erected in 1877 at a cost of about $20,000.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14208

Title: Greetings from Burt, Iowa, German M.E. Church, School, Presbyterian Church, Methodist Episcopal Church, English M.E. Church, Burt United Methodist Church
Description: Montage of four building in Burt, Iowa: The English M.E. Church was built in 1889. The German M.E. Church was built in 1893. The Presbyterian Church was built in 1895. The two-story school was erected in 1893. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13303

Title: High School, Aurelia, Iowa
Description: A-U-R-E-L-I-A, That's the way to spell it, Aurelia Aurelia, That's the way to yell it.--t.p. verso. A.H.S. at top left and inlay photo of two-story wooden high school which was built in 1883 torn down in 1922. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14467

Title: High school building, Avoca, Iowa
Description: Two story brick & stone high school building with bell tower. A combination gymnasium and auditorium, a library, a large study room, and five additional classrooms totalling $69,000 were added in 1926.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14225