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Title: Bank Buildings, Collins, Iowa, Exchange State Bank
Description: Looking south on Main Street at the Exchange State Bank on the left with a train passing through in the background. The Exchange State Bank was established in 1902.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16260

Title: C.N.W. Depot, Colo, Iowa, Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot, Colo, Iowa
Description: Looking east at a train arriving at the depot. The C&NW was the dominant railroad in Story County for 130 years and provided the first “modern” form of transportation in the County. People traveled by rail and most commerce became dependent on the railroad. In the 1950s, highway transportation overtook rail as the primary means of moving people and goods. The railroad flourished and floundered over its 130-year history until April 1995 when it was acquired by the Union Pacific Railroad. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:14688

Title: Colo Cabin Camp at junction of Hi-Ways 30 & 65, Colo, Iowa, Colo Motel, Colo Cabin Camp at junction of Highways 30 & 65, Colo, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at a one-story motel. Throughout most of the 1920’s, Charlie Reed allowed travelers to pitch tents on open land at this site. Beginning in 1928, however, that camping space was filled by the Colo Cabin Camp, which was also known by the late 1940’s as the Colo Motel, the sole name used after the mid-1950’s. This was an early use in Iowa of the term “motel,” a contraction of “motor hotel.” Connoting “modern,” this new word originated in California and quickly spread across the country after World War II. The motel has been recently remodeled and is now in use for those in need of a night’s stay. Number 5122.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:16991

Title: East Side of Main Street Looking South, Collins, Iowa
Description: Looking south from the east side of Main Street with a barber pole in the foreground.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16250

Title: Street scenes, Colo, Iowa, Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot, Looking south on Fourth Street, Church of God, Colo Methodist Episcopal Church
Description: Montage of 5 street scenes and a train arriving at the station. The bottom right scene is looking south on Fourth Street with the Colo Methodist Episcopal Church on the right. The wooden church first belonged to the Church of God and was purchased and remodeled by the Methodist Church in 1886. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:14687

Title: The dedication of the sanitorium, Nevada, Iowa, The Iowa Sanitorium of the Seventh Day Adventists, Old San
Description: The Iowa Sanitorium of the Seventh Day Adventists was dedicated on August 21, 1909, and located on 55 acres at the south end of, present day, 8th Street in Nevada, Iowa. The Sanitorium, which cost approximately $75,000 to build, was initiated by the Seventh Day Adventists in Des Moines who moved to Nevada because their Des Moines facility was “too noisy”. The building was destroyed by fire on January 30, 1943.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:18180

Title: Wallace & Wilson Residence Halls & the Wallace-Wilson Commons, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest at the Towers Residence Association. The Wallace Residence Hall was completed in 1967 & was named in honor of Henry A. Wallace, a 1910 graduate of Iowa State. The Wilson Residence Hall was completed in 1969 & was named in honor of James "Tama Jim" Wilson, dean of agriculture, 1890 to 1897. The Wallace-Wilson Commons was completed in 1969. Number 71922.
Date Created: 1970
PID: grinnell:14449