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Boat landing, Mississippi River, Clinton, Iowa
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Description
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People gathered to board a steamer for a cruise. The Clinton Bridge is in the background. In the first quarter of a century after Clinton county was entered for settlement, it had to depend upon the river and the freight wagon, with an occasional stage coach, or horse mail-carrier, for all that it received from the outside world. 1908 postmark. Number 2553.
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Date Created
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1908
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grinnell:14436
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Central Park, Davenport, Iowa, Vander Veer Botanical Park
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View of children on a spring day in Central Park. In 1885 the city of Davenport acquired the property that had been the Scott County Fairgrounds. It is a significant example of landscape planning, and of the civic improvements that were being made by the city in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Five years after the land was purchased and improved it was named Central Park after New York City's park of the same name. Central Park was renamed Vander Veer after an early Davenport park commissioner in 1911. Located at 215 West Central Park Avenue, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, the park consists of 70.8 acres, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 1908 postmark. Number 13206.
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Date Created
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1908
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PID
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grinnell:16958
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Chicago & North Western Train Wreck, April 23, 1908, De_Witt, Iowa, Silver Creek
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Several men are standing in front of a train wreck. On April 23, 1908, southwest of DeWitt, Iowa, at Silver Creek, flooding weakened a bridge and gave way to stock train 132 where an engine and 17 cars of cattle fell into the water. Three crewmen perished in the wreck.
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Date Created
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1908
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grinnell:16184
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Danbury Hotel, Danbury, Iowa
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Description
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View of a 3 story wooden building with front porch. 1908 postmark. Number 7.
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Date Created
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1908
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grinnell:16963
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Family picnic, Clarinda, Iowa
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A family gathered around the picnic table outside their home near Clarinda, Iowa. 1908 postmark.
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Date Created
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1908
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grinnell:14075
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Home of "Quaker Oats", Cedar Rapids, Iowa, American Cereal Company, North Star Mill, Pepsico, Cedar River, Red Cedar River
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Description
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In 1873, the Stuart family from Canada and the Higley and especially the Douglas family from Cedar Rapids established an oatmeal mill (initially known as the North Star Mill). The company later adopted the name American Cereal Company and by the 1890s began to produce a product line known as "Quaker Oats". The Cedar Rapids Quaker Oats plant established its own skyline of manufacturing buildings and became one of the largest in the nation. 1908 postmark. Number 22222.
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Date Created
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1908
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grinnell:13421