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Title: 2322 Olive Street, Cedar Falls, Iowa, Iowa State Normal School Boarding House, University of Northern Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at one of many boarding houses used to board Iowa State Normal School students. The students received both room and board at the houses, which were named for their owners. The expenses were comparable to on-campus living. In 1891, the charges were between $3.00-3.50 for a week; in 1912, rent was $2.00-$2.50 per week and meals $3.00-$4.00 per week. Many of the rooming houses still exist today in the College Hill area. Some have been converted into apartments while others are still private residences. Series 732.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:14143

Title: 436 East Street, Frank F. Almy residence, S. F. Cooper residence
Description: Photograph of the house at 436 East Street, built in the 1860s for Samuel F. Cooper. The house sat on 40 acres well back from East Street, and its porte cochere was one of the few in town. The house was burned down by design in 1978.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:3261

Title: Grinnell College, A frosty morning on the campus, Grinnell, Iowa, Blair Hall
Description: Looking north. Blair Hall was constructed in 1882-1886, razed in 1961. Cost was $37,200 excluding grading and landscaping. Orignally housed the college chapel, the departments of chemistry, natural science, mathematics, and physics. Number 144.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:13428

Title: Aerial View of Newburg Stock Pens
Description: An aerial view of stock pens and farm outbuildings, possibly in the Newburg, Iowa area. A railroad track runs along the right side of the picture.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:12007

Title: Anson Hayden Palmer and Uncle Harry
Description: Anson Hayden Palmer and Uncle Harry show off their peach tree probably in Newburg, Iowa. A note on the back of the photo says to "notice the props,' but the peach tree eventually broke over the props.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:12015

Title: Arbor Lake
Description: Photograph by Cornelia Clarke with view of a lake presumed to be Arbor Lake. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Cornelia Clarke Collection. Collection #237.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:11840

Title: Arbor Lake in Winter
Description: View of Arbor Lake in Grinnell, Iowa, in the winter with ice skaters. The boat house is visible to the left and a warming house is on the right. Photo by Cornelia Clarke.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:11900

Title: Armory, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Postcard view of the Armory at 816 Fifth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. Postcard produced by C.U. Williams Photoette, Bloomington, Illinois. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. McNally photographs. Collection #1, Series #1-1.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:6280

Title: Armory, Grinnell, Iowa -- 921
Description: Postcard view of the Armory at 816 Fifth Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. Postcard produced by C.U. Williams Photoette, Bloomington, Illinois. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:6480