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Title: Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at shoreline with sailboats and boathouse. Arbor Lake, named for Arbor Day, when hundreds of trees were planted there, was created in 1902 as a storage reservoir to provide soft water for manufacturing firms.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14502

Title: Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at shoreline with boathouse. Arbor Lake, named for Arbor Day, when hundreds of trees were planted there, was created in 1902 as a storage reservoir to provide soft water for manufacturing firms.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14497

Title: Baptist Church, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast. In October 1864, the Baptist Church removed from its first location at 2nd & West Street and placed at 4th Avenue & Broad Street. It was torn down in the early 1950s. Number 156804.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14019

Title: Carnegie Library, Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Completed in 1905, the structure was one of the few college libraries funded by Andrew Carnegie, who was principally interested in supporting community libraries. Carnegie was considered outgrown by the 1950s, and in 1959 the books were moved to the new Burling Library.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13821

Title: Marshall County Courthouse, Doctor S.A. Cravath's home, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Dr. Cravath gave up medicine to go into newspaper work and purchased half interest in the Grinnell Herald Register in 1872 until 1891. He was also president of the First National Bank and later he was president of the Grinnell Merchants Bank. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13941

Title: Grinnell Hospital, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking west from Park Street. Grinnell's first municipal hospital was opened in 1908 at Sixth Avenue & Elm Street. The building is now a private residence. 1910 postmark. Number 938.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14514

Title: Grinnell College, Rand Gymnasium, men's gymnasium, Gymnasiums, Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13323

Title: Steiner Hall, High School, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest from Fourth Avenue. The first Grinnell high school was built in 1904. An addition that expanded the building to include junior high students was completed in 1921. 1910 postmark. Number 937. It now houses the Grinnell Community Center.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13805

Title: Monroe Hotel, Hotel Monroe, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast from Third Avenue. The Monroe Hotel was built in 1899. When the rail travel declined, the hotel fell on hard times and was torn down in 1970. Number 1220.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13692

Title: Grinnell College, Iowa College Glee Club, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Men's 22 member Grinnell College glee club who most likely practiced in the Music Hall which was located at the site of Burling Library. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13819

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