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Title: Oakland Avenue residence district, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Fletcher Avenue
Description: Looking northeast from the corner of Oakland Avenue and Fletcher Avenue at house that appears to be still standing. 1920 postmark. Number A-37246.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:14686

Title: Parade of automobiles, Anthon, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest on East Main Street at a parade of automobiles parked in from of the local pool hall and lunch room in Anthon, Iowa. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:14244

Title: Parade of automobiles, Coin, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at several automobiles lined up on Main Street. Coin was platted in 1879. The buildings were constructed entirely of wood, and the north side of Main Street burned down completely at the turn of the century. The buildings were soon replaced with red brick. 1915 postmark. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:16992

Title: Part of Main Street, Ackley, Iowa
Description: Looking east at the Doepke building built in 1881 with a man and his automobile out front. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14294

Title: Peter Hatterscheid's Elevators, Corwith, Iowa
Description: Looking at farmers unloading grain at a new grain elevator. Peter Hatterscheid built the elevator in 1914 at an estimated $6,000. It was purchased at a public sale by The Farmers Grain Company three years later for a price of $16,400.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:16980

Title: Post office, Atlantic, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest at a one-story brick post office in Atlantic, Iowa with car parked in front and flag on top of building. The Atlantic Post Office was established in 1869. Located at 20 East Fifth Street, Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa. Number 49857.
Date Created: 1914
PID: grinnell:14234

Title: Post office, Creston, Iowa, Creston Post Office
Description: Looking northeast at a Georgian Revival, Beaux Arts building, designed by James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect of the United States Department of the Treasury, built in 1901. It housed the post office on the main floor and a federal courtroom on the second floor. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The post office has subsequently been relocated to a more modern building, and this building has been converted into commercial space located at 281 North Maple Street, Creston, Union County, Iowa. Number B415.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:16969

Title: Post office, Dunlap, Iowa
Description: Looking north at a one story stone building. Located at 719 Iowa Avenue, Dunlap, Harrison County, Iowa. Number E64E.
PID: grinnell:16820

Title: Public library, Grinnell, Iowa, Stewart Library
Description: Looking east from Broad Street. In 1901 Joel Stewart, a farmer, banker, and state legislator, offered to build the public library on land donated by the Congregational Church Society. The cornerstone was laid on May 7, 1901. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Number 994.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:13630

Title: Roadway at Arnolds Park, Iowa, Lake Okoboji
Description: Looking southeast on US Highway 71 at an automobile service station with gasoline pumps on the left crossing East and West Okoboji Lake. Number 172.
Date Created: 1925
PID: grinnell:13745