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City park, Montezuma, Iowa
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Description
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View of small log cabin with a sign "Tourists Please Register" posted on the side. Number B-289.
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Date Created
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1940
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PID
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grinnell:18244
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Title
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Donohoe Building, State Hospital, Cherokee, Iowa, Cherokee State Hospital, Cherokee Mental Health Institute
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Description
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Looking south at the Donohoe Building construction in 1931 as an example of the Neo-Classical institutional design. The Cherokee Mental Health Institute is a state-run psychiatric facility in Cherokee, Iowa. The hospital was opened for patients on August 15, 1902, and is located at 1251 W. Cedar Loop, Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa. The Donohoe Building is listed on Preservation Iowa's Most Endangered Properties. Number C540.
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Date Created
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1940
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PID
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grinnell:13445
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Title
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Government Bridge and Roller Dam, Davenport, Iowa, Arsenal Bridge, Lock and Dam No. 15
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Description
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An aerial view of the Government Bridge and the Lock and Dam No. 15 with the city of Davenport, Iowa, in the background. The Lock and Dam No. 15, completed in 1933, spans the Mississippi River between Rock Island, Illinois and Davenport, Iowa. It is the largest roller dam in the world, its dam is 1,203 feet (366.7 m) long and consists of nine 109 feet (33.2 m) non-submersible, non-overflow roller gates and two 109 feet (33.2 m) non-submersible overflow roller gates. It was designed solely to form pools to make commercial river traffic possible and is not situated perpendicular to the flow of the river. It is also one of the few roller dams that features an auxiliary lock. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1940 postmark. Number 66735.
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Date Created
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1940
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PID
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grinnell:16954
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Title
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Greetings from Clear Lake, Iowa
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Description
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Hand-colored card of a fisherman on Clear Lake with a sunset in the background. Clear Lake was once called the “Saratoga of the West,” boasting good fishing, swimming, and boating. Number 66208.
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Date Created
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1940
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PID
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grinnell:14040
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Title
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Hotel Colfax, Colfax, Iowa, "Saratoga of the West"
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Description
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Built by the Old M.C. Springs Development and Improvement Company around 1882 at a cost of $100,000, the Hotel Colfax was originally known as the "Saratoga of the West" and located near the Old Magnesian Chalybeate. After the corporation's management failed in 1892, the hotel was sold to Wesley Jordan for $10,000. In 1904 the hotel was once again losing money so it was sold at a sheriff's sale to Col. James P. Donahue of Davenport. He invested between $600,000 and $700,000 in the property over a four-year period by adding 200 rooms, an electric railway into Colfax, and remodeling of both the inside and outside of the building in a Moorish design. The building was named a miniature city due to the garage and ice and cold storage plants, its electric powerhouse, pumping system and laundry. It is located at 900 North League Road, Colfax, Jasper County, Iowa and is currently being used by Teen Challenge of the Midlands. Number 17186.
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Date Created
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1940
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PID
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grinnell:14568