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Title: 1907 Ford Model S Automobile
Description: Photograph of a 1907 Ford Model S car which belonged to Bill Lidtka who lived near Grinnell, Iowa. Photograph has identification "Uncle Bill Lidtka's car". The car is in front of a farm house.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:3379

Title: Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at shoreline with sailboats and boathouse. Arbor Lake, named for Arbor Day, when hundreds of trees were planted there, was created in 1902 as a storage reservoir to provide soft water for manufacturing firms. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14496

Title: Bear's den, Bever Park, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Bever Park Zoo
Description: Visitors near Bear's Den. Bever Park was established in 1893, after the death of prominent Cedar Rapids businessman Sampson Bever, whose family owned the wooded land. The Bever Park Zoo, which would become home to lions, bears, alligators, monkeys and other animals, opened in 1901, and trolley service to the park, then two miles outside of the Cedar Rapids city limits, began in 1904. 1907 postmark. Number 28.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14135

Title: Birdseye view of Anthon, Iowa, Birds eye view of Anthon, Iowa, Bird's eye view of Anthon, Iowa
Description: Looking east at the town of Anthon, Iowa, with the Little Sioux River in the far background. One can also see the school house rising above the town in the center of the picture. Handwritten date on postcard reads Aug. 15, 1907. 1907 postmark. Number 3.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13426

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: Broad Street, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking north on unpaved Broad Street with store fronts and the Congregational Church in background. 1907 postmark. Number 2391.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13998

Title: C.& N.W.R. Locomotive No. 2209, Chicago and North Western Railway Locomotive No. 2209
Description: Postcard view of C.& N.W. Railway locomotive No. 2209. Velox stamp box with diamonds in the corners. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:27287

Title: Catholic Church and residence, Dunlap, Iowa, Catholic Church and parsonage, St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Saint Patrick's Catholic Church
Description: Looking at a two-story church and parsonage. The cornerstone for St. Patrick's Catholic Church was laid in 1872. 1907 postmark.
PID: grinnell:16026

Title: Catholic Church, Clarion, Iowa, St. John's Catholic Church
Description: Looking southwest at the brick veneered church with bell tower built in 1895 and burned down on Christmas morning, 1914. The present church building was built in 1917 and is located at 608 Second Avenue N.E., Clarion, Wright County, Iowa.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13645

Title: Grinnell College, Magoun Hall, Chicago Hall, Iowa College, Grinnell, [Iowa]
Description: Looking northeast. Chicago Hall was constructed in 1883, costing approximately $20,000 excluding grading and landscaping. Razed in 1958 to provide space for construction of Burling Library. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13512