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Title: Administration Building, State Reformatory, Anamosa, Iowa, Anamosa State Penitentiary, Iowa Men's Reformatory
Description: Looking southwest at the Administration Building, built in Romanesque, Gothic Revival. The institution was established in 1872. It is Iowa's largest prison. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13489

Title: Aerial Truck, Davenport Fire Department, Davenport, Iowa
Description: View of a turn of the century fire truck pulled by 3 horses. The fire service in Davenport began in 1858 with the Hawkeye Volunteer Fire Company. The chief of this volunteer company was Chief Littler, a Civil War veteran who had one arm. In 1882, the City of Davenport established a professional, paid, fire department. They also used volunteers for three years. In 1885 the department became 100% paid professional fire fighters. The first chief of this all paid department was Chief Marsh Noel. By 1905 the City of Davenport could boast of seven pumper companies and two truck companies providing protection. 1910 postmark. Number 136.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:16959

Title: Aerial view of Banker's Life, Des Moines, Iowa, Principal Financial Group, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Cathedral Church of Saint Paul
Description: Looking northwest. Verso says: Aerial view of Banker's Life, 4 of Des Moines, Iowa's 193 churches, the Telephone Building and Television towers looming in the background. St. Paul's Episcopal Church is circled in red. Number 65696.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:16166

Title: Albert, World's Largest Bull, Audubon, Iowa
Description: Albert, World's Largest Bull. Built by the Audubon Jaycees, the concrete and steel structure is 30 feet tall, and 15 feet across the horns, and weights 45 tons.--t.p. verso. Located of of U.S. Highway 71 South, Audubon, Audubon County, Iowa. 1969 postmark. Number DT-5011-C.
Date Created: 1969
PID: grinnell:14229

Title: All Veterans Social Center, Clear Lake, Iowa, All Vets Social Center
Description: Corner view of a two story stone and wood building with a circular driveway in front. The center was built on the golf course in 1929.
Date Created: 1935
PID: grinnell:14039

Title: Altering Clay: Enhancing Daily Rituals
Description: An exploration of ceramics as a means of producing functional pieces that stand apart from ordinary, generic dinnerware sets.
Date Created: 2011
PID: grinnell:318

Title: Alumni Recitation Hall (ARH)
Description: Looking southeast from Park Street. Dedicated on November 24, 1916, the three-story Tudor-style building with Gothic features was part of a campus-wide modernization effort prompted by rising enrollment. It is the college's general classroom building. 1950 postmark. Number 9631.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13415

Title: Amana General Store, Amana, Iowa, Street scene
Description: Street scene showing the Main Office of the Amana Society, General Store and Post Office. The Amana colonies are old in the story of Iowa, almost as old as the state itself. The site for the colonies was chosen in 1854 by their inspired leader Christian Metz.--t.p. verso. Located at 4423 220th Trail, Amana, Iowa County, Iowa. Number 66660. Series A-4.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:13950

Title: Amana Meat Shop, Amana, Iowa
Description: Home of the Famous Westphalian Sugar Cured Hams and Bacons Shipped to Gourmets all over the World, and will keep indefinitely without spoiling because of their unique curing process.--t.p. verso. Number P97997.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:14259

Title: Amana heim, Amana, Iowa, Greetings from Amana, Iowa
Description: The Amana Heim constructed of brick from native clay, timbers, hewed from Amana forests mortised and tended without nails. The sitting room with its wild rose stove (Kachelofen) the kitchen with the ever present rocking chair, hand mill and hanging oil lamp, and the children's room with its century old toys.--t.p. verso. The Amana Colony is seven villages on 26,000 acres located in Iowa County. Number 8384B. Series A21.
Date Created: 1970
PID: grinnell:13952