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C.M. & St. P. Depot, Center Junction, Iowa, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Depot
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Single story wooden depot with sign for Center Jct. A railroad ticket clerk is standing at the corner of the building. Center Junction was once an incorporated city starting in 1871. But, following a special election that served as a referendum on the plan, the city council voted in 2015 to sell of its assets, disband, and turn administration over to the county. When the council took the action, then-Mayor Sandy Ricklefs cited the towns ailing finances as the primary reason for disbanding.
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Date Created
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1905
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grinnell:13884
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Centerville Fire Department, Centerville, Iowa
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Fifteen firemen and one Dalmatian in front of and on the fire equipment, pulled by two horses with the Appanoose County Court House in the background.
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Date Created
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1905
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grinnell:14109
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Roundhouse, Creston, Iowa
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Looking northeast at one of the largest roundhouses in the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy system. The Creston railroad yards were built in 1871. The old machine shop building was destroyed by a tornado in 1946, and the remainder of the roundhouse burned down in 1981. Number 3872.
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Date Created
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1905
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PID
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grinnell:16222
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County farm, Lucas County, Chariton, Iowa, Lucas County Farm
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The Lucas County Home was built in 1904 and torn down in 1986. County homes or poorhouses were tax-supported residential institutions to which people were required to go if they could not support themselves.
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Date Created
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1905
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grinnell:13736
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Dry goods store, Chapin, Iowa, Chapin Post Office, Meat market
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From left to right: Chapin Post Office, a meat market with a sign for Edison Records and dry goods store with sign selling shoes, rugs, suits, coats, etc., "Must be sold regardless of price within 30 days. You will find some real bargains". Chapin was platted in 1858 by Josiah Bushnell Grinnell, who had previously founded Grinnell, Iowa. Josiah Bushnell Grinnell gave this new town the name Chapin, the maiden name of his wife. A post office was established in 1860 with H.H. Grinnell as the postmaster.
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Date Created
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1905
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grinnell:14107
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Observatory Building, Des Moines, Iowa, Van Ginkel Building
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The first skyscraper in Iowa stood was on Locust Street reported at a height of 197 feet and heralded as "the tallest office building between Chicago and San Francisco" when it opened in 1896. It included a distinctive five-story observation tower and provided electricity and gas lighting to all tenants. The building was eventually demolished in1937, and this location is now occupied by Capital Square Mall. 1905 postmark. Number 105.
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Date Created
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1905
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grinnell:16137