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Title: Belle Plaine Fire Department at work, Belle Plaine, Iowa, Northern Grain Company
Description: Fire fighters fighting a grain elevator fire in Belle Plaine, Iowa. Two fire engines are pictured. Grain elevator in the background says Northern Grain Company. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14204

Title: Bridge and river, Belle Plaine, Iowa, Iowa River
Description: Old truss bridge across the Iowa River near Belle Plaine, Iowa. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13772

Title: C. & N.W. shops, Belle Plaine, Iowa, Chicago & North Western shops, Chicago & North Western Railroad shops
Description: Chicago & North Western railroad shops in Belle Plaine, Iowa with a railroad locomotive on a turntable. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:13447

Title: Cityscapes of Belle Plaine, Iowa
Description: Rooftop view of the city of Belle Plaine and of a residential street. 1916 postmark. Number 5612. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1916
PID: grinnell:14201

Title: Dirt road, Belle Plaine, Iowa
Description: Dirt road with utility poles on the right near Belle Plaine, Iowa. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14189

Title: E.E. Earl, Belle Plaine, Iowa
Description: Photo inset of man sitting outdoors reading a letter. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14191

Title: Eighth Avenue, Belle Plaine, Iowa, Methodist Episcopal Church, 8th Avenue, Congregational Church, First Congregational Church, Christ United Methodist Church
Description: Looking at 8th Avenue with the Congregational Church on the left foreground and the Methodist Episcopal Church on the left background. 1918 postmark. Number 1.
Date Created: 1918
PID: grinnell:13320

Title: Herring Cottage, "The Swellest Little Hotel in Iowa", Belle Plaine, Iowa, Herring Hotel, The Herring, Hotel Herring, The Graham House Hotel
Description: Looking northwest from Eighth Avenue at The Herring Cottage, owned and operated by William P. Herring (shown on front steps) who ran a small auto bus from the hotel to the railroad depot to pick up guests and deliver them back to the train. The hotel was originally built in Colonial Revival style in 1900, designed by Cedar Rapids architect, Charles A. Dieman, and contracted by James Park of Belle Plaine. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:13790

Title: Heryford Brothers Building, Belle Plaine, Iowa
Description: Three story brick and stone building constructed in 1913. Some awnings are open and there is snow on the ground.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:14203

Title: High school, Belle Plaine, Iowa, North Side School
Description: Two story brick building. In 1880 the North school building was put up at a cost of $16,000. William Young of Marshalltown did the brick work and roofing and L. Wallace and Son did the carpenter work. 1908 postmark. Number 4408.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14192