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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: Helen Blair, Davenport, Iowa
Description: The Helen Blair was built in 1897 in Marietta, Ohio. In July of 1910, the Helen Blair steamboat struck a hidden obstruction in the channel of the Mississippi River causing her to sink in about 7 feet of water. The damage was estimated at $2,500 and she was raised and repaired. The boat was dismantled in 1920. 1911 postmark. Number 594-A.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:16960

Title: Where the big carp was caught, Dundee, Iowa, Maquoketa River
Description: Looking at 3 men and a boy fishing in a homemade boat on the Maquoketa River east of Dundee, Iowa. The Maquoketa River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 150 miles long. Its name is derived from Maquaw-Autaw, which means Bear River in Meskwaki. 1911 postmark.
PID: grinnell:14667