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Title: East square, Newton, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast on Newton's main square. Stores include Smith Drugs, Gambles, E.W. Woolworth, Co., Singer and the movie theater. Number M28.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14324

Title: Maytag Park, Fred Maytag Bowl in Maytag Park, Newton, Iowa
Description: View of the Fred Maytag Bowl amphitheater at Maytag Park. Number 5001.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:13714

Title: Hotel Colfax, Colfax, Iowa, "Saratoga of the West"
Description: Built by the Old M.C. Springs Development and Improvement Company around 1882 at a cost of $100,000, the Hotel Colfax was originally known as the "Saratoga of the West" and located near the Old Magnesian Chalybeate. After the corporation's management failed in 1892, the hotel was sold to Wesley Jordan for $10,000. In 1904 the hotel was once again losing money so it was sold at a sheriff's sale to Col. James P. Donahue of Davenport. He invested between $600,000 and $700,000 in the property over a four-year period by adding 200 rooms, an electric railway into Colfax, and remodeling of both the inside and outside of the building in a Moorish design. The building was named a miniature city due to the garage and ice and cold storage plants, its electric powerhouse, pumping system and laundry. It is located at 900 North League Road, Colfax, Jasper County, Iowa and is currently being used by Teen Challenge of the Midlands. Number 17186.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14568

Title: Hotel Maytag, Newton, Iowa
Description: Looking east at the Hotel Maytag which was dedicated on December 21, 1926. Number B-192.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14323

Title: M.E Church, Colfax, Iowa, Colfax Methodist Episcopal Church, First Methodist Episcopal Church, Methodist Episcopal Church
Description: Looking southwest at the corner entrance of the Colfax Methodist Episcopal Church. It was completed in 1878 costing about $2,400 and is located at 7 South Locust Street, Colfax, Jasper County, Iowa. 1940 postmark. Number 17191.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:13461

Title: Maytag Company, Newton, Iowa
Description: The wash[ing] machine center of the world.--photo verso. The Maytag Washing Machine Company was established in 1907. Number 22379N. Series 16. Title supplied by cataloger.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:13977

Title: Post office, Newton, Iowa
Description: Looking southwest at a two-story stone building with several vehicles parked around it. Number 5015.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14300