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Title: Hazelwood Cemetery, Entrance to cemetery, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking south at cemetery. View of dirt road and trees. In 1854, J.B. Grinnell established the cemetery with a donation or 13 acres. He is buried at the highest point on the grounds. 1909 postmark. Number 156892.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13797

Title: First Baptist Church, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking north at the building designed and built on 1894 by Eastman and McLelland. 1909 postmark. Number 41.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:18543

Title: Flood, June 7, 1909, Diagonal, Iowa, Grand River
Description: Looking south at a train coming around the bend from Diagonal with the tracks blocked due to flooding of the Grand River on June 7, 1909. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:16067

Title: Floyd River, Alton, Iowa
Description: Looking at the Floyd River, a tributary of the Missouri River is 112 miles long and located in northwestern Iowa. It enters the Missouri River at Sioux City and is named for Charles Floyd, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 1909 postmark. Number 13097.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14269

Title: Fourth Avenue looking west, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking west at Fourth Avenue from unpaved Broad Street with dentist office on southeast corner and drugstore on northeast corner. 1909 postmark. Number 918.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:13990

Title: Fourth Avenue looking west, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking west at Fourth Avenue from unpaved Broad Street with dentist office on southeast corner and drugstore on northeast corner. 1909 postmark. Series 918.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14371

Title: Front Street looking east, Brooklyn, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast from Front Street in Brooklyn, Iowa. There is a barber pole in front of the first building. 1909 postmark. Number 61797.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:18201

Title: G.A.R. and Masonic Hall, Montezuma, Ia., G.A.R. and Masonic Hall, Montezuma, Iowa
Description: Postcard view of the G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) and Masonic Hall in Montezuma, Iowa. Postcard is postmarked March 5, 1909, in Montezuma, Iowa, and is addressed to Mrs. Ellis Winters, Sherwood, Oregon. Card is signed by Edna Thorn.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:12506

Title: Grand Isle near Davenport, Iowa, Grand Island, Credit Island, Offerman's Island, Suburban Island, Manhattan Island
Description: View of a sailboat and ferry boat with a pavilion in the background. This island has had many names beginning with Credit Island well known for the 1814 Battle of Credit Island, one of the westernmost battles of the War of 1812 fought between the Sauk Indians with British support and a regiment under the command of Zachary Taylor. Other names for the island were Offerman's Island, Grand Island [Isle], Manhattan Island, Offerman's Island, and Suburban Island. 1909 postmark. Number 4402.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:16953

Title: Great Northern Mountain Engine No. 1907
Description: Steam locomotive with coal car. Postcard from George Hodgdon to William S. Hodgdon dated August 1, 1909 and mailed the same day with an R.P.O. (Railway Post Office) postmark. A second postmark on the front from Sioux City. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:27284