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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: 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: 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

Title: Children riding cows on street, Exira, Iowa
Description: Children riding cows on street with train station master looking on.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:15899

Title: Church, Elwood, Iowa, Elwood Methodist Episcopal Church
Description: Looking at a wooden church with bell tower which was erected in 1904. Elwood, Iowa was named in honor of Kinsey Elwood, who platted the town in 1873. 1907 postmark.
PID: grinnell:15998

Title: Conrad High School, Conrad, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest at a three-story brick and stone building built in 1897 to originally accommodate the ninth and tenth grades. Two more classes were added in 1899. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:16987

Title: Cooper School, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest. Cooper School was built in 1889 and named for Co. S.F. Cooper, the first teacher in Grinnell. The building was closed in 1974 and sold it to Grinnell College. Cooper was torn down in 1994. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:14508