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Title: Hotel & opera house, Gilman, Iowa, Hotel Quigley
Description: Two two-story wooden buildings in Gilman, Iowa. One building has a sign on the front that says "Hotel Quigley".
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:13781

Title: I.O.O.F. Building, Coon Rapids, Iowa, Independent Order of Odd Fellows Building
Description: Looking north at the I.O.O.F. building built in 1911. Coon Rapids Lodge, No. 459, I. 0. 0. F. was organized in the autumn of 1882 and is still located at 509 Main Street, Coon Rapids, Carroll County, Iowa. 1912 postmark.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:16249

Title: I.S.T.C. the Library, Cedar Falls, Iowa, Iowa State Teachers College, State College of Iowa, University of Northern Iowa, Seerley Hall, Iowa State Normal School
Description: Looking southwest at the building now known as Seerley Hall (named after Homer H. Seerley, 2nd president of UNI from 1886-1928) served as the library of the Iowa State Teachers College from 1911-1964 costing around $175,000. The building is located on Wisconsin Street, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa. 1912 postmark. Number 13801.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:13295

Title: In the harbor, Dubuque, Iowa, Port of Dubuque Marina
Description: Looking west from the Mississippi River at men building boats near the Dubuque Harbor. Dubuque was a major boat building center on the Mississippi River. 1912 postmark. Number 64566.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:16037

Title: Iowa State Capitol, from the south, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking south at the Iowa State Capitol with what appears to be scaffolding around the main dome in the center and on the left. 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 1.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:18759

Title: Iowa State Capitol, from the southeast, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking southeast at the Iowa State Capitol with a horse and buggy in the foreground. 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. Located at 1007 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 4.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:18756

Title: July 4th celebration, Bryant, Iowa, Fourth of July
Description: July 4 parade with view of floats and a large crowd of men, women and children. Bryant is an unincorporated community which began with the name of Ten Mile House in 1870 and changed its name to Bryant in 1871. 1912 postmark. Number 2.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:13852

Title: Lake Starker, Crapo Park, Burlington, Iowa, Starker Lake
Description: Looking east at Crapo Park's Lake Starker which was originally a prairie pothole and was first designed as a compacted mud-bottom lake in 1895. Later, in the 1920's it was redesigned and engineered with a hard surface bottom and walls. The 85 acre Crapo Park is a city park with arboretum and botanical garden located alongside the Mississippi River. The park was completed in 1896 through the efforts of Philip M. Crapo, a local businessman and philanthropist. The landscape engineering firm of Earnshaw & Punshon of Cincinnati, Ohio, designed the park. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1912 postmark. Number 12194.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:13638

Title: Looking southwest on Main Street, Allerton, Iowa, Farmers National Bank, Dougherty & Merritt, Grocers
Description: Looking southwest at the Farmers National Bank, Dougherty & Merritt, Grocers, and a restaurant in downtown Allerton before the 1927 fire which destroyed six buildings. 1912 postmark. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:13459

Title: M.E. Church, Beaconsfield, Iowa, Methodist Episcopal Church, United Methodist Church
Description: Looking northeast at a two-story brick church constructed in 1911 at a cost of $7,000. The building burned down November 19, 1949, and a new building was built in 1951. 1912 postmark.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:13572