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Clarence Savings Bank, Clarence, Iowa
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Description
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Looking northeast at the corner of the Clarence Savings Bank which was merged with the local bank in 1930. 1916 postmark. Number 695.
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Date Created
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1916
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grinnell:14079
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Corner Walnut and Howard , Colfax, Iowa
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Description
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Looking southeast from North Walnut Street with lunch room and billiards room in the foreground and the Hotel Centropolis in the background. 1908 postmark. Number 9475.
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Date Created
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1908
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PID
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grinnell:14428
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Court Street, Bedford, Iowa, Bell Telephone Company, Bedford Commercial Historic District
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Looking northwest on Court Avenue with the Taylor County Courthouse appearing behind the trees in the background. The first building from the left was reportedly built in 1856 as a three-story buiding with the third floor removed in 1933. At the time of this photo, the drugstore was housed on the first floor and the Bell Telephone exchange was housed on the second floor. The Listed in the National Register of Historic Places under Bedford Commercial Historic District. Number 11.
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Date Created
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1922
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PID
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grinnell:14577
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Cumberland Savings Bank, Cumberland Iowa
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1908
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grinnell:16968
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Dry goods store, Chapin, Iowa, Chapin Post Office, Meat market
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1905
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grinnell:14107
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East Main Street, Dunlap, Iowa, Kavanagh Drugstore, Lehan Drugstore
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Description
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Looking west on Main Street in Dunlap, Iowa, with a tire service shop, a restaurant and barbershop on the left, a drugstore and soda fountain on the right, and a garage in the background. Dunlap, Iowa was named after a railway official, George L. Dunlap. 1940 postmark.
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grinnell:16025