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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

Title: Alta Opera House, Alta, Iowa, The Alta
Description: Looking west at the opera house was a three-story brick veneer building built in 1907 and located on the Clarkson block.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14273

Title: Alta Opera House, Alta, Iowa, The Alta
Description: Looking northwest at the opera house (pictured on the left) was a three-story brick veneer building built in 1907 and located on the Clarkson block. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14274

Title: Armory, Clarinda, Iowa, National Guard Armory
Description: View of the entrance to a two story brick armory building. Following a fire in 1912, the National Guard Armory was reconstructed as an armory and theater. Number 209.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14074

Title: Bird's-eye view looking down Locust Street from the Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking west from the stairs of the Iowa State Capitol building at Locust Street and downtown Des Moines in the background. The building was completed in 1886 at a cost of $3,296,256, and, and at the time, was the only five-domed capitol in the country. The dome of the capitol is gilded with tissue-paper thin sheets of pure 23-karat gold, with a protective layer sealing the gold from the weather, and the top of its finial peak is 275 feet (84 m) above the ground. From its opening during 1884 until 1924, it was the tallest building in Des Moines, and likely the entire state. It is located at 1007 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Number 107839.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16145

Title: Birdland at Union Park, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: A view from Birdland Drive near the Des Moines River. Number 6447.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:18828

Title: Boaters on the Floyd River, Alton, Iowa, Souvenir of Alton, Iowa
Description: Looking at boaters enjoying a day on the Floyd River. The Floyd River is a tributary of the Missouri River, 112 long 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. 1910 postmark. Number B1101A1. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13649

Title: Bulger's Hollow near Clinton, Iowa, Bulger's Hollow Recreation Area
Description: Serene picture of Bulger's Hollow located at 4686 170th Street, Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa, just north of Clinton at the point where the Mississippi River stretches 3.5 miles from bank to bank. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14434