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Title: Main Street West, Fertile, Iowa, Fertile Mills, Molsberry, W. I.
Description: Looking west on West Main Street at Fertile, Iowa businesses including a dentist office on the right and Fertile Mills in the background. Fertile was founded by William Rhodes, a Canadian who came to Iowa in 1858 and built a mill to process wheat into flour. 1913 postmark. Number 47.
PID: grinnell:14749

Title: Main Street looking east, Elgin, Iowa, Center Street
Description: Looking east on Center Street at the the W.H. Finke Drugstore on the right which opened around 1879. 1908 postmark.
PID: grinnell:16793

Title: South side Main Street, Dows, Iowa, Fillmore Block Building, Ole Houg's, Dr. George, William Meister, Boots and Shoes
Description: Looking southwest on Main Street with the Fillmore Block Building in the left foreground. Some signs shown include Ole Houg's, Dr. George, William Meister Boots and Shoes, Chuck's Cafe, and C.W. Schmitt Meat Market. Dows, Iowa (originally named Otisville) was established in 1880 and named for a railroad contractor. Number 12.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:15990

Title: Street scene, Elkader, Iowa, Elkader State Bank, White Funeral Home, Kramer's Market
Description: Looking west from the corner of Bridge Street and North Main Street with the Elkader State Bank in the right foreground and the furniture and undertaking building across the street. 1916 postmark. Number 4.
Date Created: 1916
PID: grinnell:16791