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Title: Air view of Council Bluffs, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at an aerial view of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Bayliss Park is in the right-hand corner of the image. Verso: Council Bluffs, located in Southwestern Iowa, near the geographical center of the U.S.A. has a population of nearly 50,000. Its history goes back to 1804 when Lewis and Clark held council with the Indians on the high bluffs overlooking the Missouri River. 1964 postmark.
PID: grinnell:16243

Title: Alta State Bank, Alta, Iowa
Description: A corner view of a two-story brick building with Doctor Johnson's office and a barber pole on the left and a telegraph office and shoe store on the right. Number 8.
PID: grinnell:14272

Title: Band playing in front of Birdsell Wagons, Correctionville, Iowa
Description: View of a band playing in front of Birdsell Wagons. Livery stables in background. Title supplied by cataloger.
PID: grinnell:18328

Title: Bank Buildings, Collins, Iowa
Description: Looking south on Main Street at the Exchange State Bank on the left with a train passing through in the background. The Exchange State Bank was established in 1902.
PID: grinnell:16260

Title: Bird's eye view, Council Bluffs, Iowa
Description: An aerial view looking east with the Pottawattamie County Courthouse on the left in the background. This second courthouse on South Pearl Street was built in 1888 at a cost of $141,800. It was later declared unsafe and was replaced with a Modernist structure in 1977. 1908 postmark.
PID: grinnell:16977

Title: Birdseye view, Conrad, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast from South Main Street in Conrad, Iowa, with the Phoenix Building housing the Conrad State Bank and a wooden water tower in the background. In 1894, a fire broke out and destroyed nearly every downtown building. The town rebuilt immediately, replacing wood frame structures with brick buildings. Known for its rich black dirt, Conrad claims to be the "Black Dirt Capital of the World. 1916 postmark. Number 108.
PID: grinnell:16986

Title: Birdseye view, Dana, Iowa
Description: Aerial view of Dana, Iowa, with a shoe store on the right foreground and a church bell tower in the center background. Dana was incorporated in 1907 and was named after Samuel Dana, a pioneer settler who was a godfather in the project of establishing a trading center in the early days. 1912 postmark. Number 7.
PID: grinnell:16214

Title: Business block, Charles City, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast toward the Main Street business district of Charles City, Iowa, with W.C. Hering & Co. furniture store on the corner.
PID: grinnell:13610

Title: Business section, Alta Vista, Iowa
Description: Looking southeast at several stores including Walters Hardware, Conway Brothers, and the Alta Post Office. Alta Vista, Iowa, was incorporated in 1894. Number 12.
PID: grinnell:13370

Title: Busy day, Cumberland, Iowa
Description: Looking south on a bustling Main Street at a millinery shop and variety store on the left and the bank on the right with a church steeple in the background. 1911 postmark.
PID: grinnell:16218