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Title: Cumberland Savings Bank, Cumberland Iowa
Description: Looking at a one-story wooden building with a Notary Public sign near the front door. The Cumberland Saving Bank was organized on January 7, 1905, with a capital stock of $10,000. Edgar S. Harlan was the founding president of the bank. V.E. Benedict, a photographer, was from Cumberland, Iowa. 1908 postmark. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:16968

Title: Dry goods store, Chapin, Iowa, Chapin Post Office, Meat market
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:14107

Title: E.B. Pohle Drug Store Interior, Dexter, Iowa, Landers, Beach
Description: Interior view of E.B. Pohle's Drug Store with Beach Landers on the left and an unidentified woman on the right. Number 1775.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16842

Title: East from Columbus Junction, Iowa
Description: Looking east from Columbus Junction, Iowa, at what appears to be a flooded Iowa River. Columbus Junction began as Clifton and was renamed in 1870. Number 21.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:16990

Title: East side Main Street, Atkins, Iowa, Atkins Post Office
Description: Looking northeast at a one-story wooden post office on the right established in 1902 in Atkins, Iowa.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:14236

Title: East side Main Street, Clarksville, Iowa, Butler County State Bank, H.W. Kitchen, Groceries, Masonic Hall
Description: Looking southeast at the Masonic Hall with the Butler County State Bank and H.W. Kitchen on the corner. The Butler County State Bank was established in 1871 and founded by Lewis Slimmer. It went out of business in 1933 during the Great Depression. Number 4.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:14063

Title: Edgington Avenue East, Eldora, Iowa, Newcomer Building, Eureka Café, Larson Building, Marks Drug Store, Burrows Clothier, Citizens Savings Bank, Pythian Building, The Grand Theatre, IOOF Minstels
Description: Looking northeast on Edgington Avenue from left to right: the Newcomer Building, built in 1911, named after Jay Newcomer, housed the Eureka Café owned by Louis Darze from 1927-1946; the Larson Building, built in 1915, housed the City Meat Market owned by C.E. Hough; Marks Drug Store open from 1928 to 1987; Burrows Clothier; Citizens State Bank opened in 1902; the Pythian Building, built in 1914, housed the Grant Theatre which opened in 1914. There is also a sign flying above the street which says IOOF Minstrels. 1941 postmark. Number 254.
PID: grinnell:16013