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Title: Hercules Manufacturing Company, Centerville, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at Hercules Manufacturing which evolved from a patented stump puller created in 1901 by Miles Batemen and B.A. Fuller. In 1911, "The largest plant of its kind in the world" was built" and placed at the east side of 21st Street at the junction of the Burlington and Rock Island Railroads. Verso says "Hercules Triple Stump Puller and High Grade Crucible Steel Castings". 1915 postmark. Number R-39938.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:14457

Title: High school, Corning, Iowa, Corning High School
Description: View of the entrance to a two-story brick school building built in the late 1890's at a cost of $10,250. 1913 postmark. Number 39822.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:16247

Title: M. and St. L. train wreck, March 10, 1913, near Albion, Iowa, Iowa River, Minneapolis and St. Louis train wreck
Description: Photo of men, women, and children viewing the wreck of the Twin Cities Limited near Albion on March 10, 1913. The wreck was apparently due to a washout of the Iowa River.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:13694

Title: Mercy Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa
Description: Looking at Mercy Hospital founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1893. This building was located on the northwest corner of 4th and Ascension. In 1907, it could accommodate 125 patients and today Mercy has 802 beds and more than 6,600 employees. It is the longest continually operating hospital in Des Moines. 1913 postmark.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:16141

Title: New S. & L. Building, Des Moines, Iowa, New Savings and Loan Building
Description: Looking at the National Life Savings and Loan Building. 1913 postmark.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:18815

Title: North Street West, Alburnett, Iowa
Description: Looking west on North Street with clerk being paid by a customer. The North Side Hotel is shown in the background. Alburnett was incorporated in 1912.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:14280

Title: River front showing New Locust Street Bridge and Municipal Building, Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines River, Des Moines City Hall, Walnut Street Bridge
Description: Looking southwest at the three-story Beaux Arts style Municipal Building and the Walnut Street Bridge from the Locust Street Bridge. The Des Moines City Hall building (Municipal Building) was designed by Proudfoot and Bird and built by Charles Weitz's Sons Construction Company of Des Moines in 1911. The Walnut Street Bridge is a closed-spandrel arch bridge which was built in 1911 by John Wheeler Construction Company of Geneva, Illinois. Its total length is 503.3 feet. 1913 postmark. Number 6420.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:18783

Title: Victoria Sanitarium, Colfax, Iowa, Victoria Sanitorium
Description: A picturesque, red brick colonial building, with spacious white porches, situated on one of the beautiful wooded hillsides of Colfax. Built in 1904, when Florence Brown Sherbon, A. M., M. D., her husband, John Bayard Sherban, M. D., and her father James Brown, incorporated the Victoria Sanatorium and Mineral Spring. 1913 postmark. Number 12321.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:13612