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Title
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Fire of 1889
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Description
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Photograph of the damage to the business district, seen northeast across the railroad to the Congregational Church, caused by the 1889 fire. In 1891 another fire destroyed the center of the block to the north.
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Date Created
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1889
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PID
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grinnell:3304
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Title
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Fire of 1889
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Description
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Photograph of damage to the business district caused by the fire of 1889. The view is northeast across the railroad to the Congregational Church; Central Park is on the right. As a result of the fire, the City Council set up a fire zone and forbade the use of wooden awnings. The width of Commercial Street, which varied, also was made uniform.
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Date Created
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1889
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PID
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grinnell:3317
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Title
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First Methodist Church, Fifth Avenue and Park Street
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Description
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Photograph of the First Methodist Church at Fifth Avenue and Park Street. The church was later moved to 616 Fourth Avenue, where it was used as an armory for about a year before it was destroyed by fire in 1896.
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Date Created
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1895
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PID
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grinnell:3316
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Title
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George W. Cook and Electa C. Cook to Sarah E. Cook, March 26, 1859
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Description
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George writes to Sarah that he has little to write, and reports that he and many others in town have been sick. The weather has been poor. He gives a report of the progress on the building of the railroad. Electa asks to be sent [clothes] patterns.
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Date Created
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1859
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PID
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grinnell:12361