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Title: "Central School", Algona, Iowa, Central School
Description: Looking at a three-story brick and stone building built in 1886 with children in front. The building was torn down in 1930 to make room for the new high school building. 1914 postmark. Number 044.
Date Created: 1914
PID: grinnell:13895

Title: 18th Street viaduct and bridges, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking southwest from 18th Street (now Fleur Drive) at the bridge over the Raccoon River. Number 63397.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:16163

Title: 2322 Olive Street, Cedar Falls, Iowa, Iowa State Normal School Boarding House, University of Northern Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at one of many boarding houses used to board Iowa State Normal School students. The students received both room and board at the houses, which were named for their owners. The expenses were comparable to on-campus living. In 1891, the charges were between $3.00-3.50 for a week; in 1912, rent was $2.00-$2.50 per week and meals $3.00-$4.00 per week. Many of the rooming houses still exist today in the College Hill area. Some have been converted into apartments while others are still private residences. Series 732.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:14143

Title: 72" Indep[endent] Head Wall on Armco Paved Invert Pip under 8' Fill, Iowa Culvert and Pipe Co., Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Man standing in Armco Culvert. 1918 ad about Armco Culverts: "'Armco' Iron Culverts cost less per year than any other type of construction you can use to drain railroad tracks or highways. They have been on the market for years and have been installed in all parts of the country — in all kinds of soils — under all imaginable conditions — and they have made good. They last! Made of the most durable of available culvert metals — rust-resisting 'ARMCO' Iron — light, strong, resilient. Easily and quickly installed with ordinary labor, and once in the ground there to stay."
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:16846

Title: 96" installation, the finished job, Iowa Culvert and Pipe Co., Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Four men standing in an Armco Culvert. 1918 ad about Armco Culverts: "'Armco' Iron Culverts cost less per year than any other type of construction you can use to drain railroad tracks or highways. They have been on the market for years and have been installed in all parts of the country — in all kinds of soils — under all imaginable conditions — and they have made good. They last! Made of the most durable of available culvert metals — rust-resisting 'ARMCO' Iron — light, strong, resilient. Easily and quickly installed with ordinary labor, and once in the ground there to stay." 1931 postmark.
Date Created: 1931
PID: grinnell:16931

Title: A Circle of Students Sit Beneath a Tree in the Fall
Description: A circle of students lounge beneath a tree in the fall of 1995.
Date Created: 1995
PID: grinnell:23517

Title: A Great Teacher of Politics
Description: Reflection on the contributions of Jesse Macy to the study of politics written on the occasion of his retirement from teaching.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:18337

Title: Administration Building, State Reformatory, Anamosa, Iowa, Anamosa State Penitentiary, Iowa Men's Reformatory
Description: Looking southwest at the Administration Building, built in Romanesque, Gothic Revival. The institution was established in 1872. It is Iowa's largest prison. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13489

Title: Aerial Truck, Davenport Fire Department, Davenport, Iowa
Description: View of a turn of the century fire truck pulled by 3 horses. The fire service in Davenport began in 1858 with the Hawkeye Volunteer Fire Company. The chief of this volunteer company was Chief Littler, a Civil War veteran who had one arm. In 1882, the City of Davenport established a professional, paid, fire department. They also used volunteers for three years. In 1885 the department became 100% paid professional fire fighters. The first chief of this all paid department was Chief Marsh Noel. By 1905 the City of Davenport could boast of seven pumper companies and two truck companies providing protection. 1910 postmark. Number 136.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16959