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Akron Public School, Akron, Iowa
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Description
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The two-story brick building was built in1882, at a cost of $10,000. Additions were made in 1907 at a cost of $6,000. 1912 postmark.
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Date Created
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1912
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grinnell:14286
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Alta State Bank, Alta, Iowa
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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.
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Date Created
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1912
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grinnell:14272
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Arbor Lake, Grinnell, Iowa
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Looking southeast at shoreline towards 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. 1912 postmark. Number 86.
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Date Created
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1912
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grinnell:14501
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Birdseye view, Dana, Iowa, Dana, Samuel, Bird's eye view
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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.
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Date Created
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1912
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grinnell:16214
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Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Train Wreck, October 24, 1912, Eldon, Iowa
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Looking at a freight train wreck near Eldon, Iowa, on October 24, 1912. Construction of the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad began October 1, 1851, in Chicago, and the first train was operated on October 10, 1852, between Chicago and Joliet. Construction continued on through La Salle, and Rock Island was reached on February 22, 1854, becoming the first railroad to connect Chicago with the Mississippi River. Eldon had its start in the year 1870 by the building of the Keokuk and Des Moines Railway through that territory. Eldon was incorporated in 1872. 1912 postmark.
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grinnell:16799
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M.E. Church, Methodist Episcopal Church, Presbyterian Church, Congregational Church, Christian Church, Churches, Newton, Iowa
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Description
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Montage of 4 Newton, Iowa churches circa 1912 including the M.E. Church, Presbyterian Church, Congregational Church and Christian Church. 1912 postmark.
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Date Created
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1912
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PID
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grinnell:13312