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808 4th Avenue, 808 Fourth Avenue
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Description
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Photograph of the interior of an office at 808 Fourth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. Two men are in the picture, one is sitting at a desk covered with papers, bottles of ink and date stamps. The other man sits opposite in a chair with a pair of crutches nearby. Horses and buggies are faintly visible outside the window. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:13005
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Aerial Truck, Davenport Fire Department, Davenport, Iowa
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:16959
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Title
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Ahrens Family about 1910
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Description
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Some of the family of Frederick and Henrietta Ahrens taken at their home at Sixth Avenue and Penrose in Grinnell, Iowa, about 1910. Back row: Henry Ahrens, William Ahrens holding Alice Ahrens Edgington, Frank Ahrens, Fred Schmidt (?), Will Geiger. Middle row: Carolyn "Carrie" Schultz Ahrens holding Wesley, Henrietta Ahrens, Ella Zahrt Ahrens holding Sheldon, Annie Kuder holding an unidentified child, Mary Myers Ahrens holding Stanley, Dora Ahrens Geiger, Minnie Ahrens, Ella Ahrens McMillan, Mrs. Fred Schmidt(?). Front row: Inez Ahrens Sanders is one of the children in the front row. All other children are unidentified.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:12913
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Title
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Music Building, Alumni Hall, [Grinnell College], Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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Looking northwest. Alumni Hall (Music Building) was constructed in 1882, razed in 1958 to make room for construction of Burling Library. Cost approximately $19,100 excluding grading and landscaping. Number 934.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:13531
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Title
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Animal cage, Bever Park, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Bever Park Zoo
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Description
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Visitors of all ages surrounding an animal cage. Bever Park was established in 1893, after the death of prominent Cedar Rapids businessman Sampson Bever, whose family owned the wooded land. The Bever Park Zoo, which would become home to lions, bears, alligators, monkeys and other animals, opened in 1901, and trolley service to the park, then two miles outside of the Cedar Rapids city limits, began in 1904. 1910 postmark. Number 49.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:14127