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Title: Earlham Academy, Earlham, Iowa
Description: Looking at a three-story brick and stone building with bell tower. The Earlham Academy was established in 1892 by Quakers. Number 12.
PID: grinnell:16808

Title: Greetings from Earlville, Iowa, Northern Avenue, Methodist Episcopal Church, Illinois Central Depot, Hotel corner, Earlville schools, Congregational Church, Street scene
Description: Looking at a greeting card with 7 postcard photos of the Methodist Episcopal Church built in 1866 and destroyed by fire in 1916, looking north on Northern Avenue, looking west at a train pulled up at the Illinois Central Depot in Earlville, Iowa, hotel corner north of the railroad tracks in Earlville, Earlville was one of the first consolidated school districts in Delaware County, and the Congregational Church built in 1859. 1911 postmark. Number 1017.
PID: grinnell:16922

Title: High school building, Durant, Iowa, Durant High School
Description: Looking north at a three-story brick building. Durant was first named Brayton after its founder Benjamin Brayton. The name was later changed to Durant after Thomas C. Durant, one of the pioneers of the Transcontinental Railroad and an individual who contributed the bulk of funds needed to build the town's first public school. 1912 postmark.
PID: grinnell:16818