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Title: Bank and Masonic Hall, Danbury, Iowa, Hedrick, D.H., Danbury Trust and Savings Bank
Description: The Danbury Trust and Savings Bank was built in 1911 and housed the bank on the first floor, and the Masonic Hall on the second floor. D.H. Hedrick served as the first president and the bank had a capital of $25,000. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:16211

Title: Burlington Hotel, Burlington, Iowa, Hotel Burlington, The Burlington
Description: Looking northwest at the largest building in the downtown. The seven-story Renaissance Revival style "L-plan" building was designed by Seth E. Temple and Parke T. Burrows, constructed in 1910-1911 by Westlake Construction Company, and was the first building in Burlington of steel frame construction throughout, making it the first to be entirely fireproof. It is located at 206 North Third Street. Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1911 postmark. Number A-9725.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:13783

Title: Busy day, Cumberland, Iowa
Description: Looking south on a bustling Main Street at a millinery shop and variety store on the left and the bank on the right with a church steeple in the background. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:16218

Title: C. & N.W. Wreck, May 30, 1911, Chelsea, Iowa, Chicago & North Western Wreck
Description: May 30, 1911 Chicago & North Western train wreck near Chelsea, Iowa in Wright and Tama counties. A passenger car is leaning precariously off of the tracks while people young and old look on. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:13892

Title: C.N.W. Depot, Colo, Iowa, Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot, Colo, Iowa
Description: Looking east at a train arriving at the depot. The C&NW was the dominant railroad in Story County for 130 years and provided the first “modern” form of transportation in the County. People traveled by rail and most commerce became dependent on the railroad. In the 1950s, highway transportation overtook rail as the primary means of moving people and goods. The railroad flourished and floundered over its 130-year history until April 1995 when it was acquired by the Union Pacific Railroad. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:14688

Title: Catholic church, Early, Iowa, Church of Sacred Heart, Early Sacred Heart Church
Description: Looking east at a two-story brick and stone church built in 1899 at a cost of $15,000. Located at 501 Church Street, Early, Sac County, Iowa. Number 6.
PID: grinnell:16014

Title: Cedar River, Charles City, Iowa
Description: View of Cedar River with canoe and paddles in the foreground. 1911 postmark. Number 1105/1.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:14103

Title: Cemetery view, Monroe, Iowa
Description: Two views of a cemetery near Monroe. Number 6590A. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:14339

Title: Vennard College (University Park, Iowa), John Fletcher College (University Park, Iowa), Kletzing College (University Park, Iowa), Central Holiness University, Oskaloosa, Iowa
Description: In 1951, the college, originally named Chicago Evangelistic Institute (CEI) and located in Chicago, Illiniois, was moved to University Park where it was renamed Vennard College. Central Holiness University was responsible for creating the town known as University Park. It was the dream of W.R. and Eloise Gilmore to create an institution for religious studies. With the help of the Iowa Holiness Association, which the Gilmore's belonged to, a 121 acre plot of land was discovered due east of Oskaloosa, which the Gilmore's purchased to build their dream. 75 of the 121 acres was to be used for the campus, with the other 46 acres to be sold off publicly to make up for what the property cost. Central Holiness University held its first classes in the Fall of 1906 with two-hundred students. Over the years, the University changed names, but has always maintained a religious purchase. Today, the higher education facility is known as Vennard College, which is a branch of the Chicago Evangelistic Institute. 1911 postmark. Number 1703.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:13344

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