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Title: East side Main Street, Atkins, Iowa, Atkins Post Office
Description: Looking northeast at a one-story wooden post office on the right established in 1902 in Atkins, Iowa.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:14236

Title: F.F. Moeller's Store, Artesian, Iowa, Fred F. Moeller's Store
Description: Two story stucco building with front porch. The F.F. Moeller General Store was founded in 1900 by Fred F. Moeller and torn down in the 1980s as part of a US 63 highway shoulder-widening project in Bremer and Chickasaw counties. Number 2.
Date Created: 1917
PID: grinnell:14239

Title: Lincoln Highway, Belle Plaine, Iowa, Main Street
Description: Looking west at a bustling Main Street in Belle Plaine, Iowa with automobiles, horses and wagons. The East End Grocery and Bakery is on the left and a Boyson Jeweler sign and dentist sign are on the right. The Lincoln Highway was completed in 1913 and was America's first transcontinental highway from San Francisco to New York City. The highways passes through close to 50 Iowa towns. Number 562.
Date Created: 1917
PID: grinnell:14194

Title: Main Street east from Ford, Anamosa, Iowa, Stone, E.S., Jeweler, Hartman Buggies & Wagons
Description: Looking east from S. Ford Street at various stores and shops including a tailor shop, jewelry shop, drugstore and more. 1914 postmark. Number 10.
Date Created: 1914
PID: grinnell:13481

Title: Main Street looking north, Bode, Iowa, Humboldt Avenue, Opheim and Gangestad General Store, Opheim General Store
Description: Looking north on Main Street in Bode, Iowa. The first building on the left is the general merchandise store started by Lars K. Opheim and is brother-in-law James J. Gangestad which opened in Bode on June 3, 1883. The construction began on the building in May, 1882 and finished in the fall. The structure was 30 x 34 feet, and was two stories in height. The upper story was designed to be living quarters. The cost for the building was $2,500. In 1894 Opheim purchased his partner's share in the business and ran it until 1910 when he sold the store and retired. 1910 postmark.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14174

Title: Main Street looking west, Belmond, Iowa, Belmond Herald & Printing, First National Bank, A.E. Kimmel, Dray Line & Teaming, Hotel Case, Case Hotel
Description: The First National Bank, the Case Hotel, and A.E. Kimmel Dray Line and Teaming are on the right. On the left is the Belmond Herald and Printing. It also appears that a man is either fixing or painting the Main Street Bridge in the center background. Number 048.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:13345

Title: Main Street, Ames, Iowa
Description: Looking east with the power plant in the background. There is a JCPenney store on the right and a hotel on the left. "The stores on Main Street are modern and attractive. Alert, well-maintained enterprises make up the business district of Ames."--t.p. verso. Number 24291N. Series 10.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:14254

Title: Main Street, Arion, Iowa, E. Schwarz Meat Market, Hotel Arion
Description: Looking southwest at the Hotel Arion and the E. Schwarz Meat Market on Main Street. 1913 postmark. Number 4.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:13784

Title: Main Street, Belle Plaine, Iowa
Description: Looking southeast at Main Street. There is a horse and buggy with 3 women stopped in front of the horse trough and a woman coming down the stairs from the side of the building on the right. Further down the street you can see two dentist office signs and a lawyers office sign in the middle of the block and the grain elevator located in the background. 1909 postmark.
Date Created: 1909
PID: grinnell:14187

Title: Main Street, Belle Plaine, Iowa, Butzloff Hardware Store
Description: Looking northeast on Main Street in Belle Plaine, Iowa with the Butzloff Hardware Store on the left and a horse trough in the right foreground.
Date Created: 1913
PID: grinnell:14200